Though bitterly debated, it was rationalized by some as being "for the kids."

It remains bitterly debated, however, whether his command guidance was connected to the deaths that followed.

The issue of disclosing the results has been bitterly debated.

But protecting such areas is bitterly debated, in part because of the giant economic stakes involved in their development.

The issue of mandatory disclosure has been bitterly debated in New York and across the country for years.

This confounding truth has been bitterly debated and will continue to be, as it should.

But plans to upgrade it to an expressway have been bitterly debated for 25 years.

Reconstruction and privatization in Kosovo, for example, have been bitterly debated.

These philosophical differences remain as sharp and bitterly debated as ever.

At hand is a bitterly debated plan to use the powers of government to encourage a better balance between employment and housing.