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A controversial incident occurred in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the MCG in 1981 when Australian bowler Trevor Chappell, under orders from his captain and brother Greg Chappell, rolled the final ball along the ground to avoid the possibility of it being hit for the six runs that New Zealand needed to tie the match.
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Already a controversial figure in the clubhouse after his corked-bat incident, Sammy's actions alienated much of his once strong fan base as well as the few teammates still on good terms with him, ( many teammates had tired of Sosa's playing of loud salsa music in the locker room ) and possibly tarnished his place in Cubs ' lore for years to come.
Another well-publicized incident from October 2000, usually referred to as the " Mystere incident ", involved Verant banning a player for creating controversial fan fiction, causing outrage among Everquest players and sparking a major industry-wide debate about players ' rights and the line between roleplaying and intellectual property infringement.
With Davidson back, Australia won the final Test by two wickets, after a controversial incident in which Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout was not given out hit wicket when a bail was dislodged and the umpires did not notice.
Patel also supported Gandhi's controversial suspension of resistance in wake of the Chauri Chaura incident.
In his highly controversial and factually disputed memoir War's End, Major General Charles Sweeney related an alleged 1944 incident that may have been the basis for the " It wouldn't dare " comment.
In 2007, Iraan was the site of a controversial animal cruelty incident.
A controversial incident occurred during the conference when Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma of Enugu, Nigeria attempted to exorcise the " homosexual demons " from the Reverend Richard Kirker, leader of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, who was passing out leaflets.
The U. S .' s desire to expand its territory continued unabated and Mexico's economic problems persisted, leading to the controversial Gadsden Purchase in 1854 and William Walker's Republic of Lower California filibustering incident in that same year.
He managed only 118 runs at 19. 66 in the three Tests against Australia, but his impact in Australia was for a controversial incident.
More than twenty years and four rounds of investigation later, this incident remains highly controversial in Norway.
In a controversial incident in game four, an Alfredsson slap shot hit Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period, leading to unfounded speculation that Alfredsson intended to injure Niedermayer.
The incident and subsequent events have become one of the most controversial moments in Puerto Rico's political history, frequently called " the worst political cover-up in the history of the island.
Despite these hits, Proby's UK career gradually lost momentum after a number of controversial live appearances — including a notorious trouser-splitting incident at a February 1965 show in Croydon, Surrey — led to performance bans by the ABC theatre chain, its TV namesake and BBC TV.
The season also deals with the controversial asset-forfeiture policies of the new captain ; Julien's opposition to these policies ; and David Aceveda ( now a City Councilman ) dealing with the psychological aftermath of his sexual assault incident from the previous season.
In 77 BC, a controversial incident involving the Xiyu ( modern Xinjiang and former-Soviet central Asia ) kingdom of Loulan ( on northeastern edge of the Taklamakan Desert ) would unfold itself, although whether Emperor Zhao played any role in the decision-making is unclear.
( This incident was controversial in Chinese history in that many historians believed that this was one incident in which an assassination of a foreign king was thoroughly unjustified, particularly in the method it was carried out — using jewels as bait.
This incident proved controversial due to the lack of evidence from camera angles showing whether or not he was ahead of Castroneves.
A controversial incident came in the dying minutes when Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar, resulting in a Sol Campbell header that appeared to have given England the lead again, but was ruled out for what the referee Urs Meier deemed a foul on the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo.
Other controversial incidents include helicopter crashes, the Girard incident, the Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident, the death of Kinjo family and the death of Yuki Uema.
McKinney's loss is attributed to a mid-decade redistricting, in which the 4th had absorbed portions of Gwinnett and Rockdale Counties, as well as her highly publicized controversial run-in with a police officer in the March 29, 2006, Capitol Hill police incident.
The incident itself was controversial and was a part of the increasing partisan infighting that has plagued the Congress ever since.
The book was controversial as it appeared to be based in part on the apocryphal 1979 steam tunnel incident.
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Episodes such as The Siege were replays of controversial events which had occurred a few months prior, told as though Frontline had covered the story.
One of the most controversial events in the history of the Firearms Acts occurred in 1972.
Scotus's arguments remained controversial, however, particularly among the Dominicans, who were willing enough to celebrate Mary's sanctificatio ( being made free from sin ) but, following the Dominican Thomas Aquinas ' arguments, continued to insist that her sanctification could not have occurred until after her conception.
A well-known and controversial NFL lateral pass occurred during the Music City Miracle play at the end of the 2000 playoff game between the Tennessee Titans and the Buffalo Bills.
Until 2008, elected officials were allowed to change political party, while retaining their seats, during set windows which occurred twice each electoral term, due to controversial floor crossing legislative amendments made in 2002.
The most controversial such reference occurred during a 1935 lecture which was published in 1953 as part of the book Introduction to Metaphysics.
* Dismissal — some constitutions allow a Head of state ( or their designated representative, as is the case in Commonwealth countries ) to dismiss a Head of government, though its use can be controversial, as occurred in 1975 when then Australian Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Australian Constitutional Crisis.
The Long March is surrounded by controversial and conflicting accounts of what actually occurred.
On September 3, 1939, two days after the beginning of the German invasion of Poland, highly controversial killings occurred in and around Bydgoszcz (), a Polish city with a sizable German minority.
Small border incidents between Peru and Colombia occurred in 1911, and in 1922 the two governments of those countries reached a controversial agreement awarding the Leticia area to Colombia in exchange for recognizing Peru's rights to the zone south of the Putumayo River, which was also claimed by Ecuador.
The district is the result of various school district consolidations that occurred in the mid 20th century, the most controversial of which was the consolidation with Phillipsburg School District.
A recent and controversial no-contest decision in MMA occurred at the The Ultimate Fighter 5 season finale between Rob Emerson and Gray Maynard.
This section outlines a number of the more famous or controversial cases of casus belli which have occurred in modern times.
Two dominant chiefs, Bereng Griffith ( twice presumptive heir to the throne ) and Gabashane were hanged in controversial circumstances for ritual murder ( liretlo ) but this occurred after Smuts ' election defeat.
Another controversial factor of this defence, especially in UK law, is that the provoked must have carried out their act immediately after the provocation occurred, otherwise known as a " sudden loss of self control ".
In particular he observed the splitting of sunlight into its component colours – this occurred a year after Newton had done the same with a prism and the phenomenon was still highly controversial.
A recent prominent example of quorum-busting occurred during the 2003 Texas redistricting, in which the majority Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives sought to carry out a controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting bill which would have favored Republicans by displacing five Democratic U. S. Representatives from Texas ( the Texas Five ) from their districts.
What made this Belgian law controversial was that it afforded the right to anyone to submit a war crime for prosecution in Belgian courts that occurred anywhere in the world, whether on Belgian territory, and whether a Belgian national was involved as either criminal or victim.
In theory, Governor General could also use his or her powers as Commander-in-Chief to stop any attempts to use the Canadian Forces unconstitutionally, though this has never occurred and would likely be highly controversial.
The controversial Palace of Justice siege occurred in late 1985, less than a year before the end of his presidential term.
Smith noted that several of the protests occurred before the film was even finished, suggesting that the protests were more about media attention for the groups than for whatever was controversial about the film.
One of the most controversial events of Carcieri's governorship occurred on December 13, 2007 when the state of Rhode Island experienced a storm which dumped about 10-12 inches of snow on the state at the time of the evening commute.
After the controversial and mysterious aviation accident occurred in Bahawalpur, Khan appeared in national television where he announced the death of General Zia-ul-Haq.
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