They have no objection about African, Latino or Native American culture being legitimate topics of academic research.

"This was a very big change for the 90's: opening up human rights as a legitimate topic of study and concern," he said.

The government's response included an anti-venereal disease campaign that framed sexual intercourse and contraception as issues of public health and legitimate topics of scientific research.

Zemlinski and Eisler, who ended up back in East Germany, are legitimate topics.

We broadcast a piece about Ellen DeGeneres's public affirmation of her sexuality only because it was a legitimate topic of interest.

More recent work has restored rigor to infinitesimals, making them once more a legitimate mathematical topic (see non-standard analysis).

We may not all agree with the decisions Sprewell has made or the things he has done, but keep the criticisms to his basketball game and legitimate topics.

Complaints about crowded classrooms and graffiti on school walls were legitimate topics for debate, the panel found, but missed the real point of what makes schools work.

They have no objection about Hawaiian culture being legitimate topics of academic research.

On the contrary, defense lawyers say, the discrepancy between the two would be a legitimate topic for cross-examination.