Controversy
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Controversy
See also Scandal.
Avignonlocation 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]
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