Her elevation triggered a controversy because it came only weeks after she published an antisemitism report regarded by critics as soft on Labour.
But his interests in Belize triggered a controversy about his tax status, which given his role as a funder of the Conservative party, came under fierce scrutiny.
Semenya became a cause célèbre at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, emerging from obscurity to overwhelm the 800 field and trigger an extended controversy about gender.
Fixing the date on which the Resurrection of Jesus was to be observed and celebrated triggered a major controversy in early Christianity in which an Eastern and a Western position can be distinguished.
The American College of Physicians triggered a minor controversy earlier this year when it unveiled its own, separate set of guidelines.
Jones called Grundy a "dirty fucker" on live television, triggering a media controversy.
Now, in July 2012, more than four decades later, rape-joking triggered a widespread controversy when a woman who prefers to remain anonymous went to a comedy club, expecting to be entertained.
In 2002, a satyrical short-story The First Russian penned by the young Georgian writer Lasha Bughadze and focused on a frustrated wedding night of Tamar and Yuri outraged many conservatives and triggered a nationwide controversy, including heated discussions in the media, the Parliament of Georgia and the Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Trump has questioned why Ghazala Khan did not speak, implying her religion prevented her from doing so, and claimed he was "viciously attacked", triggering an ugly controversy.
Issues involving race, a supposedly public meeting, barred student journalists and a college newspaper piece have all aligned to form a powder keg of a controversy triggering headlines and debate in Canada and the U.S.
Wallis had also been previously hired by Stephenson to handle his public relations in his role as Met police commissioner, an arrangement that triggered a storm of controversy last week.
