The fate of illegal immigrants here now is the most contentious issue in an emotional debate.
Obviously this has been a hugely contentious issue in our country for a very long time.
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Sharing the "social burden", as it is known, was a contentious issue in the election.
The contentious issue split the European Union which attempted to table a compromise proposal.
Verification is also a hugely contentious issue at international negotiations on a global climate treaty.
Government support for developing new passenger aircraft first emerged as a contentious issue in 1988.
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Another contentious issue, the number of expatriate BP employees at TNK-BP, has also been resolved to their liking.
Obama will address the contentious issue in a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 9.
Bad weather, and how to deal with it, is always a contentious issue when there is everything at stake.
In baseball, legalized steroids could go a long way toward solving the contentious issue of Hall of Fame voting.
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This is clearly a contentious issue in the tech world, and one that has many people pleading for patent reform.
Settling another contentious issue, it was announced the Food and Drug Adminstration would get the authority to regulate nicotine products.
The two leaders left unresolved another contentious issue: U.S. troop levels after 2014, when the current NATO combat mission ends.
Concessions are also being made on the contentious issue of the right to ramble over privately owned mountain, moorland and heath.
In that same period, France -- where labor costs are a contentious issue -- has seen its costs increase by 4.3%.
Analysts say that the most contentious issue is that of the ongoing hostility between the president and UNP leader, Mr Wickremasinghe.
And that is essentially what makes this such a fiercely contentious issue: the rights of the child versus the rights of religion.
Control of Iraq's oil money is likely to be the most contentious issue during negotiations over the final draft of the resolution.
The first contentious issue is what to do about schools: in particular, which ones to close and whether to retain selective grammar schools.
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But biometric identity is a contentious issue all over the world, and the unique number has also raised a number of thorny questions.
MPs have been debating the Northern Ireland Secretary of State's proposals to deal with the contentious issue of flag flying in the province.
And the fact that the language hasn't been a contentious issue in this election, I think is a very important step along that road.
Another contentious issue was that the pipeline was built through part of the Borjomi Gorge, home to one of the largest national parks in Europe.
And even the pro-business BJP is expected to tread softly around the perennially contentious issue of opening up the country's retail sector to foreign investments.
For example, Mr. Sollohub hopes NJIT can contribute to the debate about the best ways to build stronger boardwalks, which has become a contentious issue.
Athlete payment has become a contentious issue at the London Olympics.
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It is thought that the contentious issue of providing U.S. troops immunity from Afghan law is a low priority for the Afghan government in the negotiations.
Jackson, wading into the contentious issue of arbitration to find that courts can review the applicability of individual arbitration clauses but not the entire agreement itself.
The sometimes contentious issue is among several up for discussion during a weekend gathering of the Council of Great Lakes Governors on this Lake Huron resort island.
If you think you can even get to the truth of a complex, contentious issue with a couple of phone calls, you are kidding yourself and your readers.
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