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Controversy See also Scandal. Avignon location of alternate papacy (1309–1377). [Fr. Hist.: Bishop, 376] film elicits emotional response (1915). [Am. Cinema: Griffith, 36–39] alleged ringleaders of Chicago riots tried in circus atmosphere (1969). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 630]
Supreme Court decision concerning freedom of slaves (1857). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 151–152] once revolutionary theory of evolution and natural selection (1859). [Br. Science: The Origin of Species] Defense Department’s Vietnam policy papers leaked to press. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 376] Stravinsky’s score caused riot at premiere (1913). [Music Hist.: Thompson, 1900] (Nicola, 1891–1927) (Bartolomeo, 1888–1927) Italian immigrants tried and executed for murder in witch-hunt for anarchists. [Am. Hist.: Sacco-Vanzetti Case: A Transcript] concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools (1925). [Am. Hist.: Allen, 142–146] cause célèbre concerning nine Negro men, two white girls (1931). [Am. Hist.: Hart, 753] pre-WWI Belgian neutrality; German disregard precipitated British involvement. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 450] legislative development contributing to American Revolution (1765). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 475] disputed N. Vietnamese attacks escalated U.S. war effort (1964). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 595] government’s much disputed conclusion that President Kennedy’s assassin acted alone. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 594] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A CONTROVERSY prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. This saved me a great deal of heated controversy with my contemporaries, but I had it out in many angry reveries with Dr. |
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