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If the United States really wanted to make progress in the talks, it could address a number of contentious issues, he said.

That db4o simply returns cached objects instead of more implicitly handling them is something of a contentious issue.

A ballistic missile defense system stationed in Europe has been a contentious issue between the United States and Russia for many years.

"The cooperation and flexibility that the delegations had shown in agreeing on contentious issues is commendable, " he said.

Cor. 11: 16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we do not have such a custom of being so, neither the churches of God.

The other contentious figure was $1 million, which she said she had "hoped" to raise, but had never claimed to have "already" raised.

In fact, these targets, especially taken together, have been highly contentious during the two years of discussions, and for good reasons.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

But the unique medical and commercial value of the herbal extract artemisinin have made it a contentious issue in China.

The exact nature of these penalties remains just as contentious as many other details.

It is even prepared to be flexible over the contentious issue of the name the island uses.

Sadly, the increasingly contentious state of global economic relations is unlikely to produce such a consensus anytime soon.

If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice--nor do the churches of God.

It was one of the most contentious hires Apple ever made.

Singapore announced new steps to curb immigration as it tries to defuse one of its most contentious emerging political issues .

Far more contentious would be the case of a clinicallydepressed patient who believed life was simply not worth living.

Japan and China agreed to set up a hotline. China and Vietnam agreed to finish marking their contentious land border by the end of the year.

Jobs was able to build a new management team that was less contentious and a bit more subdued.

As a diverse, contentious people, we know our rights. We definitely get the "land of the free" part of our national anthem.

And with it, mothering has become one of the most contentious issues around.

The spirit of the contract areas is applicable damages, has long been a contentious legal issues.

More reconstruction packages will follow, bringing with them contentious tax rises and yet more government borrowing.

The vegetarian pet debate is a contentious one among vegetarian pet owners and veterinarians and is one not likely to go away anytime soon.

The degree of Federal leadership, coordination, and control of programs has been among the most contentious of these.

The new geopolitics of food looks a whole lot more volatile -- and a whole lot more contentious -- than it used to.

Migration is likely to be a contentious issue at June's European summit (see this paper by the Centre for European Reform).

The wisdom of withdrawing fiscal stimulus in the near term is proving to be one of the most contentious in global policymaking.

The committee's suggestion that research should be allowed in this contentious area is just one of several likely to create heated debate.

Special Committee was also set up to consider the complex and contentious issues of compensation and betterment.

However, the length of the rollover remains contentious, with German bankers arguing for shorter maturities.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have had a contentious relationship as political rivals.

Some of the most contentious questions focused on personal income and were deemed so sensitive they were placed at the end of the survey.

Obama hosts the Israeli leader at the White House on Friday, in what is sure to be a contentious meeting.

Embryonic stem-cell research has been a contentious matter in America ever since the technology to do it was developed in 1998.

It has long been a contentious issue as to the role of instruction on formal aspects of language in task-based language teaching.

Officials say privately that the new policy emerged only after years of contentious internal debate.

China already has contentious relations with its neighbors over many transboundary water resources, especially the Mekong River.

The subject of our meeting was the Mond Bequest, a contentious issue from the time it arrived at the gallery in 1923.

Particularly contentious is a plan to use pupils' test scores to help identify ineffective teachers as in need of retraining.

Having contentious directors was a nightmare; as management, we spent much of our time justifying everything we did.

Such calls to change what has been a bedrock feature of the immigration system are sure to set off contentious debate.

Within the contentious world of reading theory, there is unanimity on this point.

But, of course, talking does not guarantee agreement, and there are a number of contentious issues that could arise during the trip.

Politics does feel sour and contentious in ways that seem to flow from the country's economic distress.

The following photographs depict this complicated, contentious, and often lucrative history of a superpower and its Asian allies and foes.

The collaboration was contentious, but finally resulted in an organization of quadrangles on an east-west axis.

Smoking by people with mental illness has long been a contentious issue.

Though the distribution of assets called for in the paperwork appears to be straightforward, the situation may be contentious nonetheless.

Throughout his career, Bonds had a contentious relationship with the news media, managers, coaches and teammates.

Governments now want to be given the last word on contentious issues rather than being merely treated as just another stakeholder.

The company wanted to avoid the contentious issue of using crops that might otherwise provide food.

In Germany, nuclear power has been a contentious, widely felt issue for decades.

As we do, I am mindful that the Iraq War has been a contentious issue at home. Here, too, it is time to turn the page.

But since the bulk of PetroChina's shares are not freely traded, its claim to having the highest "market value" would be highly contentious.

Even though the practice is widespread, recruiting private providers to run publicly-funded services is politically contentious.

In the run-up to America's presidential elections in 2008, China's rise is likely to become ever more contentious.

But Paul Dirac, another physicist, made up a scenario to illustrate why some variables have this contentious relationship.

Weapons sales to Taiwan have long been a contentious issue.

Experts also believe that Japan's contentious special antiterrorism law was the direct cause of Abe's departure.

As a consequence, debt-ceiling rows are likely to occur more frequently, with contentious discussions of federal spending.

Add thereto contentious suits, which ought to be spewed out, as the surfeit of courts.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Contentious body scanners mushroomed after the "underpants bomber" tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jet last December.

But then well before the final vote, the most contentious parts of the bill had already been approved some weeks ago.

He was also involved in another contentious incident, as Drogba had penalty appeals for a nudge in the back.

We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious.

This would be less politically contentious than conducting the flow through state-directed sovereign wealth funds.

But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.

When you're dealing with a difficult crowd and contentious issues, give a few presents away early on.

Potentially, this could solve some of the perennial contentious issues about notability and the borderline of original research.

Relatively inexpensive and non adversarial divorce mediation-rather than pricey, contentious litigation-is now more common than ever.

Directing me to be as contentious as humanly possible .

It would be better if its involvement were routed through less contentious mechanisms.

Yahoo executives added that they had agreed not to discuss the contentious history of the talks or provide details of them going forward.

The idea of a diversified financial institution is hardly particularly contentious.

Next week, the administration is set to tackle some of these contentious issues at the G20 summit in Seoul.

It has long been a contentious issue as to TOPIC.

Romans 2 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.

Distributors destroy copies or remove articles that contain contentious political content, and maps of Taiwan are usually blacked out.

Guinea's parties draw support mainly from ethnic and regional bases, so a contentious result could open divisions across the country.

Although this dating rule may be contentious for some readers, it is still an important step in the dating process.

What historiographical points have been particularly interesting, or contentious, or murky?

dealing with the exciting new ideas and contentious debates that make up english today , this volume is an essential purchase.

Wen Jiabao, the premier, met a delegation of European companies in April, and contentious rules on public procurement have been modified.

As charter schools remain politically contentious, though, they have been careful not to use that phrase in public.

But in the end, Russia backed down on the last contentious point.

The call to include all flights out of Europe, rather than just intra-EU flights, will be contentious with the US.

The following year, when the U. S. holds presidential elections, could be more difficult for politically contentious global negotiations.

Only a few weeks ago, this was contentious; now it is accepted.

The following year, when the U. S. holds presidential elections, could be more difficult for politically contentious global negotiations.

Only a few weeks ago, this was contentious; now it is accepted.

This week's Economist Asks question addresses another contentious aspect of American foreign policy: the trade embargo against Cuba.

What I actually said is, they're not contentious at all.

They stopped short of specifying what the administration will say at the event about other contentious issues looming over the negotiations.

Blood pressure is seldom measured in children, and judging what is a risky level has always been contentious.

The subject of intellectual property and its protection is a contentious one.

One of America's most-contentious social issues will have its day in court, in the highest court in the land.

But another, far more contentious issue is coming up for discussion: higher education.

Beijing is no stranger to fuel subsidies, so encouraging gas-vehicle infrastructure shouldn't be contentious politically.

Beijing is no stranger to fuel subsidies, so encouraging gas-vehicle infrastructure shouldn't be contentious politically.

Delegates at the summit also discussed the contentious issue of bio-fuel recognizing that the are both challenges and opportunity.

To resolve any technical or contentious claims and complaints within the boundaries of medical knowledge and policy held.

his lacked adequate strength in standing out of Citigroup's contentious politics.

Perhaps the most contentious issue in modern US-Korea relations stems from a little-known pastime called short-track speed skating.

Have not reached an agreement as a result of mediating, law case shifts to contentious procedure voluntarily.

But China's export-led development model will need to be adjusted as global trade and financial balances become more contentious.

But they say that the contentious issue of intellectual property rights remains unresolved.

Iron ore price negotiations between China and miners including Rio have been particularly contentious this year.

After a contentious meeting, make time to walk around the block or around the building.

Delegates at the summit also discussed the contentious issue of biofuels, recognizing that there are both "challenges and opportunity. "

His book is a fresh, original and compelling intervention in a very contentious debate.

The ASA has now set up a panel of experts to help it cope with contentious claims.

Those of secondary or passive smoking are rather more contentious, even though they form the basis of the smoking bans.

If other W3C efforts serve as a reliable guide, this could be a lengthy and possibly contentious period.

And China will be tackling such contentious issues when the rate of economic growth and fiscal revenues will be slowing.

This task can be an arduous and sometimes contentious effort in organizations.

Higher inflation could have the same effect-albeit indirectly-and be less contentious politically within China.

As the state began issuing IOUs, a contentious special session was held in the state legislature to thrash out spending cuts.

The contentious issue has wide ramifications for the Internet as a platform for new businesses.

Delegates at the summit also discussed the contentious issue of bio-fuels, recognizing that there are both "challenges and opportunity. "

Few would object to vegetable gardening and hula-hooping, but efforts around marketing food are more contentious.

Pregnant women should be told that having an abortion is safer than having a baby, highly contentious new advice from doctors states.

The move is expected to ease tensions in one of Asia's most contentious political disputes.

As stocks plunged, the US treasury wasted little time in getting its contentious $700bn bail-out of the banking industry under way.

Illegal immigration has become an increasingly contentious political issue in the United States.

At the time, the notion was considered contentious, even ridiculous.

The "third country" rules governing non-EU funds and managers have been among the most contentious issues.

The Fed would need far more evidence before taking a contentious course that would inevitably provoke political attacks.

The most contentious debate in forensic DNA involves the use of statistics to estimate the rarity of a given DNA profile.

The most contentious debate in forensic DNA involves the use of statistics to estimate the rarity of a given DNA profile.

Footwear has emerged as one of the most contentious trade issues between China and the EU.

Caretaker ministers have taken contentious decisions, pushing a ban on wearing the burqa in public and going to war in Libya.

Peng believes that more dialectical thinking among Americans would make public life here less contentious.

More contentious are claims that breastfeeding helps increase intelligence and improve behaviour in children.

Iron ore, they say, is politically contentious in a way that few foreign businesses are.

The timing, route and point of origin of the first colonization of the Americas remains a most contentious topic in human evolution.

Management report shall include the information of unfinished transactions and contentious counter-party, and etc.

A bigger test will come when Greek politicians vote on contentious legislation to enact yet more austerity measures and structural reforms.

America, it turns out, can also be sensitive to plutocrats using their wealth to address socially contentious subjects.

America, it turns out, can also be sensitive to plutocrats using their wealth to address socially contentious subjects.

And it would seem also, on a hasty view, that the attainment of as much as possible was the one goal of man's contentious lofe.

Both sides refused to give any ground on the contentious issue of Israeli settlement building in the occupied territories.

The preparations for the summit, at any rate, have been unusually contentious.

Mr. Sanchez's comments came Thursday during a contentious conversation with the comedian Pete Dominick on satellite radio.

The Chinese currency, or renminbi (RMB), has been a contentious issue for the past several years.

faction: a group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.

On Sunday, a Chinese research boat spotted in the contentious waters turned around after Japanese Coast Guard officials issued a warning.

Several contentious clauses, including one that allowed for only one political party were changed in the following years[citation needed].

But Tehran has repeatedly denied that its contentious nuclear and scientific programs mask military ambitions.

But Tehran has repeatedly denied that its contentious nuclear and scientific programs mask military ambitions.

Like everyone else, they are divided over contentious issues like health policy, the Bush tax cuts and the war in Iraq.

All three parties have declined to comment on the settlement talks. That's probably a good idea, given their contentious history.

News conferences at past Olympics have often been contentious, but generally over complaints of poor organization or bad food.

Playing in such altitude has been an contentious issue and Argentina 's players were reported to have suffered in the thin air.

Acknowledging progress on problems like poverty helps build credibility on more contentious issues.

Recently the two sides resolved another contentious issue when they signed a deal transferring Afghan detainees to Kabul's custody.

One worry is that the Franco-German proposals re-open a number of contentious debates within the EU, further sapping investor confidence.

The Acme COE also sets up an architecture review board as an arbiter for contentious issues.

Digital printmaking can be a contentious area!

Digital printmaking can be a contentious area!

In addition, this part analis litigation guarantee, litigation preservation, contentious jurisdiction and litigation notice etc.

The two leaders issued statements masking what were likely contentious discussions.

Spurred by digital technology and the internet, intellectual-property law has grown quite contentious in recent decades.

Already Israeli and Palestinian leaders have ordered negotiations on the region's most contentious issues.

Placebo control use in clinical research is contentious in areas where effective treatments already exist.

Rocca said there are many contentious issues to be addressed in treaty negotiations.

The weekend talks were believed to have been co- operative and avoided contentious subjects such as disputes over territories.

If successful, Apple's action would result in HTC being banned from selling phones with the contentious features in the USA.

Festival organizers are already planning for next year, aiming to address other contentious issues in Turkey.

China is seeking to boost consumption, in part to lower the high savings rate that fuels the contentious current account surplus.

Courtroom cameras provide greater public access, but they remain a contentious issue in many nations.

A contentious quote, and one that Google has remained silent on since it was first publicized.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Lobbyists hope to water down some of the more contentious provisions, such as a requirement for banks to spin off their derivatives units.

It is a contentious topic that whether an individual possesses subjective qualification in international law.

How many really suffer as a result of labor market problems? This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions.

Government support for developing new passenger aircraft first emerged as a contentious issue in 1988.

The topic of partitioning and filesystems is a contentious one among system administrators.

But negotiations, which are often contentious, begin months in advance in order to fix a deal close to April.

Perhaps most importantly, he haggles with Congress over contentious bits of legislation.

"After a contentious, 90-minute session, it was agreed that the owners would tear up their proposal, " Hunter said.

Her near-supernatural levels of empathy helped her quell even the most contentious of political disputes.

In China, one of the most recent and contentious cases of dam building is on the Nu River, located in a remote part of Yunnan Province.

The hearing was occasionally contentious, and the commission itself seemed confused about its agenda.

Fifth, build and construct the independent small contentious procedure.

Proposals to eliminate tariffs entirely on some industrial goods are also a contentious issue.

Stretching is, of course, a contentious issue in sports.

The debates have been contentious; we have fought fiercely for our beliefs.

But the council's divisions on the most contentious issues have not prevented responsible stewardship elsewhere.

The contentious options strategy made the producer of the 911 sports car look like a hedge fund.

Worse, passage looks increasingly dependent on the most contentious bits being rewritten.

A very contentious topic and, before the dust settles, Congress may even intervene (a truly terrible idea).

The principle itself is very clear but its application in particular cases can be, at times, contentious.

Some of the more contentious issues may be taken up on Tuesday.

Whether the policy made any headway remains contentious.

Two weeks ago, MOST backtracked on the most contentious elements of this plan.

These views are probably not contentious. They nevertheless leave open a range of questions.

Young rebellious Eloms staged "mining accidents" to free Elomin slaves, but the community elders frowned upon such contentious actions.

Amid a weakening U. S. economy, America's foreign-trade policy has become a contentious issue in the presidential race.

Probably the most contentious issue in GWT's architecture is the switch to the Java language for client-side code.

'It was a long and contentious debate, ' Mr. Obama said.

Lavrov says he believes there are solutions, which can be found to diffuse this contentious issue.

The investigation is the biggest and most contentious in British corporate history.

The competition between the groups became very contentious, Panek said, and they grew to dislike each other quite a lot.

The Three Gorges was a contentious scheme even before it was approved.

But the plan stopped short of creating a single agency to oversee the contentious issue of energy policy.

Even reaching an agreement over whether to extend benefits yet again has proved contentious.

But the policy remains contentious, with just 27 economists supporting the full amount of the program.

Outlying islands are no less contentious, largely thanks to the memories of pre-1945 Japanese aggression that they stir up.

The book made Mr Grossman, now 56, a contentious figure in Israel, and the controversy has not gone away.

At issue: the ever-contentious debate over what constitutes Taiwanese culture.

Compensation for egg donation is a particularly contentious issue.

XML Schema offers extensions (such as typing, local elements, and inheritance) that have proven contentious with the developer community.

So when those around you are being contentious, you're tempted to deal with them swiftly, if not ignore all but urgent matters.

She is, or was, the Jane Roe of the US supreme court's most famous and contentious ruling, Roe v Wade.

The issue of allowing more mainland participation in Taiwan's economy is a contentious one.

Yet another contentious issue in the manufacture of infant formula involves the omission of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

While the report addresses some criticisms, saying Chinese projects employ local workers, it largely glosses over contentious issues.

Intelligence testing has proved contentious ever since.

Contentious legislation in the House will test President Barack Obama's call for greater civility in the nation's discourse.

It is the most contentious item of clothing on the catwalk, found on everything from shoes to coats to chain necklaces. Fur is back.

The issue of gays is distinct, therefore, from the almost-as-contentious issue of women in front-line combat roles.

I have other things to do than to be a contentious man.

A takeover of Dresdner by a China-owned bank is also seen as politically contentious in Germany.

His first big task was a contentious cull of around 15% of the staff.

Also, there were asura [contentious, titanic demon] kings, who were as numerous as the sands of 60 Ganges.

In the contentious field of breast-feeding, sharp replies to anything suggesting a replacement for breast milk are almost inevitable.

First, they must quickly settle the less contentious bilateral issues.

They imply they would recognise Israel once territorial and other deeply contentious issues are settled.

One contentious trade issue is China's currency, which the US Congress has criticized as undervalued.

The valuation of stocks is a difficult and sometimes contentious matter.

Ebay sold Skype last November after a series of contentious legal disputes between Skype's management, its founders and Ebay.

There are simply too many participants, too many contentious issues and too many domestic political concerns to discuss.

That move proved even more contentious in Parliament than Mr Blair's decision to wage war on Iraq.

Those on contentious issues are useful in a different way.

Kenyon feels Chelsea have been brandished with the "rebel" tag because of their contentious methods in the game.

It is the first step in what is expected to be a long, contentious budget process.

He won confirmation the yesterday after a contentious senate debate on the use of armed drones against terror suspects.

How do I defuse contentious conversation at the holiday table?

But estimates of land availability are contentious.

The contentious vote has raised tensions in the South American country.

ENG=Whether the amount is justified in this case is more than contentious.

China is more likely to agree to disciplines on contentious issues if there is a consensus among a broader group of countries.

Ground the possession of which imports great advantage to either side, is contentious ground.

But the initiative proved contentious and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors was still talking when the 2008 crisis hit.

Clearing land for roads or power plants in China is a cinch; not so in India, where land rights are often contentious.

The court's newcharge should prove most contentious yet.

An ability to raise contentious issues without rancour.

One area that will be contentious is Ireland's low tax rate on company profits.