In its early years, the county seat changed frequently, often with contentious debate.

President Bush, meanwhile, may be drawn into a contentious debate over the basis of medical payments.

Gun ownership rights are the subject of contentious political debate.

Though the lots don't look like much, for the past five years, they have stood at the center of a highly contentious debate.

"While there is a big and contentious debate in our country over immigration, this issue should unite us all."

But if that does not happen, he said, the breeding approach could provide a way out of the contentious debate.

His decision to enter the contentious debate could lead to the first changes in the law.

The most contentious debate had centred on the issue of religious education.

The school was made co-educational in 1899 after a long and contentious debate about whether women could be members of the College at all.