The final transition, by which MediaNews group is taking control of The Tribune 19 months after it paid $200 million for the paper's parent company, comes after two years of contentious legal struggles.

The story of the contentious legal struggle received national attention and finally culminated in May 2013 when the Inn's owner, Cincinnati Union Bethel, sold the property to Western & Southern for $4 million.

His purchase of the property followed a long and contentious legal struggle with the former titleholder, the Cleveland Trust Company and other Cuyahoga County officials.

They also hoped it would resolve what had become a contentious struggle among national security agencies over which prisoners to hold and which to free.

A contentious and still unresolved struggle over what the flag should symbolize has been going on since at least 1863, when President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

When his armies were driven from the region, he joined the Long March but lost a contentious struggle for party leadership to Mao Zedong.

The labor unrest gave the United Electrical Workers the opening it needed to organize the plant after a contentious struggle that hurt Steeltech's local reputation.

Bhutto and two-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a contentious and divisive struggle for Pakistan's power, which affected the careers and lives of hundreds of lesser ministers.

The Japanese Internet start-up Livedoor and the Fuji Television Network are discussing a possible alliance, signaling that a contentious two-month struggle for control of a Tokyo radio broadcaster may end amicably.

One of the most important and contentious struggles, mentioned here last spring, appears to be turning out in a way that will burnish the Bush administration's pro-tech record.