Like vaccination against typhoid (and against poliomyelitis later), tuberculosis immunization evoked widespread contention.
I asked him about the widespread contention that the charges against Silver showed that Cuomo should have let the Moreland investigation run its course.
He also echoed the widespread contention that Muslim terrorists did not have the sophistication to commandeer and fly four passenger aircraft in a coordinated attack.
The subject, as far from her past as possible, supported the increasingly widespread contention that the only constant in her work was a devotion to physical beauty, without regard to race.
The Republicans as always are interesting, though I'm struck by the weakness of the Republican field, notwithstanding the widespread contention that it is supposed to be better than that of 2012.
The allegations of racism became a widespread point of contention after the shooting, fueling protests throughout the country.
His turbulent tenure in Miami — a tempestuous receiver, a limited quarterback, a front office that flew to California in the off-season to court Jim Harbaugh — will prepare him well for life with the Jets, whose plunge from playoff contention exposed widespread dissension and dysfunction, particularly with an underperforming offense.
Still, rule-consequentialism's contention is that bringing about widespread acceptance of a simpler and less demanding code, even if acceptance of that code does sometimes lead people to do acts with sub-optimal consequences, has higher expected value in the long run than bringing about widespread acceptance of a maximally complicated and demanding code.
Farmers and workers groups split over a report by the country's Human Rights Commission that alleged widespread rights abuses against black farm laborers but dismissed contentions that a spate of attacks on the nation's largely white farmers were racially motivated.
All those contentions are likely to fuel what is already widespread pessimism about the potential talks.
