Fixed monthly allowances are a controversial subject.

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

It is also true that the content of certain films ( such as dark subjects, alienation, transgressive content, or other controversial subject matter ) can also decide whether or not a film is a " cult film ", regardless of the film's budget or studio affiliations.

Indeed, the question of what is meant by a " right " is itself controversial and the subject of continued philosophical debate.

Mainly because of its prohibition of all forms of artificial contraception, the encyclical was controversial, as it rejected the majority report on the subject, embracing a minority report maintaining the status quo, and Paul VI did not issue any additional encyclicals in the remaining ten years of his pontificate.

Treatment is a controversial subject.

Stalin introduced controversial military orders, such as Order No. 270, requiring superiors to shoot deserters on the spot while their family members were subject to arrest.

Many definitions of philosophy begin by stating the difficulty of defining the subject, calling it " notoriously difficult ", saying that there is " no straightforward definition " and that most interesting definitions of philosophy are controversial.

Despite its controversial subject, the film is still recognized for its revolutionary approach to using music and cinematography.

The subject is understandably controversial, but the contents of the letter is consistent with Lincoln's fairly lukewarm approach to organized religion.

Polyandry is a controversial subject among anthropologists.

Recreational drugs are being used to enhance the recreational experience, a wide-ranging and controversial subject as some drugs are accepted or tolerated by society within limits, others not and declared illegal.

** Talpiot Tomb, discovered in 1980, subject of the controversial documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus

Sometimes, it is the event itself that is the subject of the suit or prosecution ( such as a crime or personal injury ), but it may also be an event such as the discovery of a condition one wishes to redress, such as discovering a defect in a manufactured good, or in the case of controversial " repressed memory " cases where someone discovers memories of childhood sexual abuse long afterwards.

Although it remains a controversial film, it has been praised by various film historians and critics, and, while not typically considered a horror film, Salò was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006 and is the subject of an article in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural ( 1986 ).

Tipu's treatment of conquered subjects, non-Muslims ( Hindus ), and prisoners of war, was controversial, his way of conversion to Islam was brutal and still continues to be a subject of debate.

" It is uncontroversial that a proper subject of Congress's investigation power is the operations of the federal government, but Congress's ability to compel the submission of documents or testimony from the President or his subordinates is often-discussed and sometimes controversial ( see executive privilege ), although not often litigated.

This range of variability was near the limits of observational capability for that time, and so the subject of Vega's variability has been controversial.

In 1988, an 18-year-old African elephant, Dunda, was subject to controversial training methods which, according to San Diego City Attorney John W. Witt, included " chaining her four feet, hauling her down to her knees and repeatedly smacking her on the top of the head, where the skull is thick, with ax handles and the wooden end of elephant hooks.

Studies in this, and related areas, inform the following summary of the subject by John Money, a pioneer and controversial sex and gender researcher.

The movie was controversial in its time, as was a similar film on the same subject, Crossfire, which was also released the same year.

In 1949 he again dealt with controversial subject when he directed Pinky, which dealt with issues of racism in America, and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards.

Because the subject matter was controversial, Yerkes and other collectors turned the works down.

During the past years however, the installation of wind power systems has been the subject of controversial debates due to its landscape impact.

The AEC's far-reaching powers and control over subject matter which had far-reaching social, public health, and military implications made it an extremely controversial organization.

Landis was widely praised for cleaning up the game, although some of his decisions in the Black Sox matter remain controversial: supporters of " Shoeless Joe " Jackson and Buck Weaver contend that he was overly harsh with those players.

In their controversial Orch-OR theory of consciousness, Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff postulate that microtubules in neurons conduct quantum-level manipulations of matter, which produces consciousness, based partially on some observations of Gamma Synchrony that indicate that information may propagate through the brain much faster than a chemically mediated neural network would physically permit.

However, the physiological function of the prion protein remains a controversial matter.

Gould's sympathetic treatment of Richard Goldschmidt, the controversial geneticist who advocated the idea of " hopeful monsters ," only exacerbated the matter, which lead some biologists to conclude that Gould's punctuations were occurring in single-generation jumps.

The anthropic principle is a controversial argument of why the fine-structure constant has the value it does: stable matter, and therefore life and intelligent beings, could not exist if its value were much different.

The most controversial topic in condensed matter physics has been the mechanism for high-T < sub > c </ sub > superconductivity ( HTS ).

In late Victorian times the subject matter of the play was deemed controversial, and there was an outcry when Adelaide Neilson appeared as Isabella in the 1870s.

The cause of the Permian-Triassic extinction is still matter of debate with the age and origin of proposed impact craters, i. e. the Bedout High structure, hypothesized to be associated with it are still controversial.

He is a controversial figure, with his well-known religious views and subject matter being seen as at odds with his sexual and paraphiliac behaviour and erotic art.

This was one of the earliest films to attempt a realistic portrayal of mental illness, an ' historically important Hollywood exposé of the grim conditions in state mental hospitals ' and de Havilland was lauded for her willingness to play a role that was completely devoid of glamor and that confronted such controversial subject matter.

Showgirls subject matter was relatively controversial.

Despite this recent lawsuit, Chayefsky and Gottfried signed a deal with UA to finance Network, until UA found the subject matter too controversial and backed out.

Nietzsche in the same passage ( Part I, section 5 ) makes some of his most controversial pronouncements, wondering for instance if "... the conqueror and master race, the Aryan, is not succumbing physiologically ," to a " dark, black-haired aboriginal " race of pre-Aryans It is a matter of scholarly debate whether or not Nietzsche intended such statements to be understood literally or figuratively and similarly there may be doubts about whether or not Theognis advocated eugenics or social selection when making such statements as this:

The matter remains controversial.

However, the controversial subject matter still remained true to the Soft Cell ethos, with songs such as " L ' Esqualita " that glamourized transvestite culture in Manhattan.

An authorised text with some of the controversial matter removed appeared in 1643.

The most infamous of Gallagher's controversial statements was in a 1995 interview with The Observer, where he expressed a wish for Damon Albarn and Alex James of rivals Blur to " catch AIDS and die ", a comment which he quickly apologised publicly for, and stated that " AIDS is no laughing matter.

In a May 2012 interview with Peter Mansbridge, Black said he will consider applying for Canadian citizenship “ within a year or two ” when he hoped the matter would no longer be controversial and he could “ make an application like any other person who has been a temporary resident .” The decision to grant or reject his application would be at the discretion of the federal Cabinet.

As the first high-profile movie to depict a high school shooting since Columbine, the film was controversial for its subject matter and possible influence on teenage copy-cats.

David Sterritt of the Christian Science Monitor called the film " a fine example of Hollywood's love-hate attitude toward timely and controversial subject matter.

CBS was unsure whether the controversial subject matter of All in the Family would fit well into a sitcom.

Extremely controversial in both its subject matter and its use of obscene language ( something Burroughs recognized and intended ), the book was banned in Boston and Los Angeles in the United States, and several European publishers were harassed.