This is despite the fact that the coverage was often sharp and controversial, and featured acute political debate between party representatives.
LONDON — Britain's chancellor of the Exchequer presented a budget Wednesday that veered little from the government's commitment to sharp and controversial cuts in public spending, despite new signs of slowing growth.
Dr David Lowry Cambridge Your obituary on Michael Meacher and news report on the tributes paid to him failed to mention his many contributions to the letters page: always sharp, often controversial, but invariably worth reading.
Julliard will be prosecuted for "offenses against the Chief of State," along with the author, an eccentric member of a well-known banking family who is popularly known for writing with a sharp pen on controversial subjects.
Sharp was a controversial pick for Team GB for London 2012 after being chosen ahead of Jemma Simpson, Marilyn Okoro, Emma Jackson and Jenny Meadows despite failing to record the Olympic qualifying time.
The comedian, who is known for her sharp tongue and often controversial comedic views, says that Stewart has since filed legal action.
The euro dived and shares suffered sharp losses after the controversial bailout package for Cyprus threatened fresh turmoil in the eurozone.
Mr. Wilson, who battled a severe recession in his first term before presiding over a sharp recovery, nevertheless remains controversial in California, where his strong stands against affirmative action and illegal immigration provoked a backlash.
Once the camera lights went on, he talked and talked and talked, mixing sharp political insights with controversial statements, grandiloquent hot air, and even — this being a somewhat chastened world-historic figure — occasional self-criticisms.
Despite her performance in Helsinki, Sharp had been a controversial pick for Team GB for London 2012.
