* Dené – Caucasian superfamily: Based on the possible Caucasian link, some linguists, for example John Bengtson and Merritt Ruhlen, have proposed including Basque in the Dené – Caucasian superfamily of languages, but this proposed superfamily includes languages from North America and Eurasia, and its existence is highly controversial.

Arens ' findings are controversial, and have been cited as an example of postcolonial revisionism.

However, the CRTC is also sometimes erroneously criticized for CBSC decisions — for example, the CRTC was erroneously criticized for the CBSC's decisions pertaining to the airing of Howard Stern's terrestrial radio show in Canada in the late 1990s, as well as the CBSC's controversial ruling on the Dire Straits song " Money for Nothing ".

Perhaps the best example of a film that straddles the line between his works of personal chaos and psychological confusion is Cronenberg's " adaptation " of his literary hero William S. Burroughs ' most controversial book, Naked Lunch.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

True doubly-articulated fricatives may not occur in any language ; but see voiceless palatal-velar fricative for a putative ( and rather controversial ) example.

Another unaffiliated group, Media Study Group, established seven categories of poor journalistic practice: for example, the journalist stating personal opinion in a report, asserting incorrect facts, applying unequal space or treatment to two sides of a controversial issue ; then analyzed The Age Newspaper ( Melbourne Australia ) for the frequency of infraction of this code of practice.

For example, Tristan Pope combined creative character and camera positioning with video editing to suggest sexual actions in his controversial film Not Just Another Love Story.

For example, it is controversial whether to include cell phones, video games and computer games ( such as MMORPGs ) in the definition.

The United Kingdom is a controversial example of a nation state, due to its " countries within a country " status.

For example geochemical signatures from rocks may help to discover when life first arose on Earth, and analyses of carbon isotope ratios may help to identify climate changes and even to explain major transitions such as the Permian – Triassic extinction event .< ref name =" Twitchett "> A relatively recent discipline, molecular phylogenetics, often helps by using comparisons of different modern organisms ' DNA and RNA to re-construct evolutionary " family trees "; it has also been used to estimate the dates of important evolutionary developments, although this approach is controversial because of doubts about the reliability of the " molecular clock ".

This practice is controversial, with for example, New York State banning this practice in 1996 on the grounds that it endangered motorists who might be pulled over by people impersonating police officers.

The most prominent and controversial example is Farnham's Freehold, which casts a white family into a future in which white people are the slaves of cannibalistic black rulers.

For example, the publication of Diana Johnstone's work has had a controversial reception.

A genetic basis for instinctive behavioural traits among non-human species, such as in the above example, is commonly accepted among many biologists ; however, attempting to use a genetic basis to explain complex behaviours in human societies has remained extremely controversial.

( See for example Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE ) This practice is somewhat controversial due to the blurring of once clearly defined boundaries between sectors.

For example, the controversial Bank Bill of 1791 chartered a 20 year corporate monopoly for the First Bank of the United States.

Public perception of forest management has become controversial, with growing public concern over perceived mismanagement of the forest and increasing demands that forest land be managed for uses other than pure timber production, for example, indigenous rights, recreation, watershed management, and preservation of wilderness, waterways and wildlife habitat.

This can be highly controversial, as for example in disputes between religions or nation states, for example in regard to the Arab – Israeli conflict.

Operational definitions are at their most controversial in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, where intuitive concepts, such as intelligence need to be operationally defined before they become amenable to scientific investigation, for example, through processes such as IQ tests.

There are times in which Cherry tends to be controversial ; for example, in 2003, Cherry stated that the majority of players wearing facial protection in the NHL are French-Canadians and Europeans ( though a study done by a lawyer confirmed Cherry's assertion ).

This method of " indecipherable writing " ( see below ) was supposedly an example of " surautomatism ", the controversial theory put forward by Trost and Gherashim Luca in which surrealist methods would be practiced that " went beyond " automatism.

Thom and his father made other controversial contentions, for example, that Brodgar and the burial mounds that surround it were designed specifically as backsights for astronomical observations of the Moon.

Indeed takes the Borgia family's recent and very controversial attempts to use church power in secular politics, often very brutally executed, as a positive example.

`` This is a long picture and a controversial one, but basically it is a moral, enthralling and heartbreaking description of humans who have become unlinked from life as perhaps Rome has from her traditional political, cultural and religious glories ''.

* The Omotic language branch is the most controversial member of Afroasiatic, since the grammatical formatives which most linguists have given greatest weight in classifying languages in the family " are either absent or distinctly wobbly " ( Hayward 1995 ).

Although originally controversial, the axiom of choice is now used without reservation by most mathematicians, and it is included in ZFC, the standard form of axiomatic set theory.

It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

* 1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.

He first shows that it is clear that most events are deterministic, but human actions are more controversial.

He adds that this last has been controversial in that it has been claimed that this aspect of the doctrine is not found before the time of Augustine of Hippo, while others allege that it is implicit in the Church of the second and third centuries.

However this has been a controversial subject with Masonic authors saying that it " is impossible to either substantiate or disprove " involvement in the Klan.

The play was controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th century marriage norms.

The film was a commercial success, but was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of African American men ( played by white actors in blackface ) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan ( whose original founding is dramatized ) as a heroic force.

All hypotheses on the origin of Basque are controversial, and the suggested evidence is not generally accepted by most linguists.

The largest genera are Draba ( 365 species ), Cardamine ( 200 species, but its definition is controversial ), Erysimum ( 225 species ), Lepidium ( 230 species ), and Alyssum ( 195 species ).

The most controversial aspect of BCG is the variable efficacy found in different clinical trials that appears to depend on geography.

Industrial, commercial, and residential development in the town of Boone is a controversial issue due to its location in the mountains of Appalachia.

So, whether Blissymbolics constitutes an unspoken language is a controversial question, whatever its practical utility may be.

Long-term use is controversial due to concerns about adverse psychological and physical effects, increased questioning of effectiveness and because benzodiazepines are prone to cause tolerance, physical dependence, and, upon cessation of use after long term use, a withdrawal syndrome.

They are also used in patients with dental phobia as well as some ophthalmic procedures like refractive surgery ; although such use is controversial and only recommended for those who are very anxious.

The use of flumazenil is controversial following benzodiazepine overdose.

Even today, the evaluation of forces is controversial.

However, the use of molecular phylogenetics for dating evolutionary transitions is controversial.

As a result it remains controversial whether one can meaningfully say that total energy is conserved in an expanding universe.