Sentence examples for persistent controversy from inspiring English sources

And the Mets were pestered by a persistent controversy involving a fringe player.

"I had never thought that much about the Confederate flag because I grew up in California," he said, alluding to a segment on persistent controversy around the symbol.

The persistent controversy over the A.T.F.'s role, historians say, also contributed to its neglect in the financing bonanza that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Persistent controversy over GM crops and foods, longstanding in Europe and on the rise in the United States, indicate that legitimate public concerns about the benefits of these technologies could not simply be wished away.

Specter promotes the heavily marketed cardiac drug BiDil as working "far better for blacks than for whites," but neglects the persistent controversy around how well the drug really performs among blacks in clinical practice.

In the absence of a witness's testimony, there has been a persistent controversy about what actually happened on the video — who the other shooter was and, in some quarters, whether a killing happened at all.

The persistent controversies in views and debates on GMOs in general contain polarized arguments that sustain permanent different viewpoints and disagreement about the facts and values and their interwoven nature [30].

Yet such arguments may be countered by pointing out similar complications in the evolution of biological items (e.g., Collard et al. 2006). 1 An interesting perspective on and perhaps resolution of these persistent controversies has recently been proposed by Lewens (2009, 2010).

A persistent area of controversy is the relationship between the LCF and a socially conservative campaign group, Christian Concern, which other evangelical Christians increasingly regard as extreme.

The Brotherhood says it is committed to the rule of law and equal rights, but unless those concepts are applied in ways that let women live their lives safely and as true partners and citizens alongside men, they are just slogans and a surefire guarantee of persistent hostility and controversy in a country that can ill afford either.

While either exclusion or overlap could occur in particular situations, the persistent confusion and controversy reflect conceptual problems with how the concept is used to understand livestock wildlife interactions.