Sentences with phrase «contentious year»

The subject became more contentious this year, in part because details of the governor's plan were slow in emerging.

But the last academic year felt particularly challenging to higher education leaders, with several describing it as the most contentious year they could recall.

Thanks to a tie - breaking vote cast by Vice President Mike Pence, the Republican - led Senate narrowly approved Sam Brownback's bid to be U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, setting the stage for him to resign the governorship in Kansas after seven contentious years in office.

Sixteen contentious years after Roe v. Wade, the court returned to the states at least some power to rule on abortion.

In another sign of just how contentious this year could be in Albany, Republican state Sen. Richard Funke announced that he would not attend Cuomo's State of the State address in his home city of Rochester.

WASHINGTON — The Republican - led Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved Sam Brownback's bid to be U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, setting the stage for him to resign the governorship in Kansas after seven contentious years in office.

The deal, announced Wednesday, moves the Los Angeles Times to local ownership after 18 often - contentious years in the fold of the Chicago - based newspaper publisher, formerly known as Tribune Publishing.

L.A. Will Stand Pat 20 After five very frustrating and contentious years, Pat Haden is posilutely, absotively the Rams» starting quarterback by Bruce Newman

Nicklaus, of course, referred to the headliner in what the AP's Doug Ferguson recently termed «a contentious year in golf» that includes the debate over anchored putting and an anticipated related lawsuit, the tour acquitting Vijay Singh of doping charges and his suing the association, and the public beef between Garcia and Woods that went off the rails with overtones of racism.

After five very frustrating and contentious years, Pat Haden is posilutely, absotively the Rams» starting quarterback

After a contentious year of protests by competing restaurant owners, Santangelos, Tinley Park's swank, upscale eatery, whose landlord is the village's Park District, has closed - for now.

After 16 contentious years, the long - proposed Belleayre Resort project is getting its state permits and could be moving towards groundbreaking in the coming year.

After such a contentious year, I don't want to argue about it.

The contentious years ahead were the subject of a high - profile book by former Washington Post reporter Dale Russakoff, The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools, which was published just as Cerf became superintendent.

She recalled the contentious years when parents tried to take control of the school.

The Chevrolet Avalanche had been in our Four Seasons fleet barely one week when it became apparent that we were in for a contentious year.

Let others argue, too, in those contentious years over claims to Modernism or the very nature of art.