* Although computers routinely pass the Turing Test, controversy still persists over whether machines are as intelligent as humans in all areas.

Even after decades of research and scrutiny, controversy over megalodon phylogeny persists.

The controversy became a key factor in producing the East-West Schism, which persists to this day.

Scientific consensus now strongly agrees that this is not likely to cause human cancer although the controversy still persists.

Nevertheless, in the Marxist tradition, Marx's theory of product-value is conventionally labelled " the labour theory of value "-while controversy persists about how much Marx's theory actually differs from that of the classical political economists.

In an adversarial system, there is no more controversy and the case proceeds to sentencing ; though in many jurisdictions the defendant must have allocution of her or his crime, a false confession will not be accepted even in common law courts.

On May 19, 1993, Clinton fired seven employees of the White House Travel Office, causing a controversy even though the Travel Office staff served at the pleasure of the President, who could dismiss them without cause.

Fuller and Captain B. H. Liddell Hart have often been associated with the development of blitzkrieg, though this is a matter of controversy.

The comprehension of the concept of Central Europe is an ongoing source of controversy, though the Visegrád Group constituents are generally included as de facto C. E.

In modern times, the term evolution is widely used, but the terms evolutionism and evolutionist are seldom used in the scientific community to refer to the biological discipline as the term is considered both redundant and anachronistic, though it has been used by creationists in discussing the creation-evolution controversy.

The season was not without controversy, though, as goalkeeper Tony Meola, an American soccer goalkeeping legend that had been on the USA national team roster for three World Cups, went down with injury and backup Bo Oshoniyi would fill as a replacement.

* The name Nepal is also supposed to be derived from the Sanskrit word " NEP "( न े प ), with the suffix " AL " ( आल ) added to it ; though still under controversy, NEP were the people who used to be cow herders — the GOPALS ( ग ो प ा ल )— who came to the Nepal valley for the first time from the Ganges plain of India.

There exist a number of influential texts attributed to Nāgārjuna though, as there are many pseudepigrapha attributed to him, lively controversy exists over which are his authentic works.

Hymn singing, though, was not without controversy, particularly within the official church, the Church of England.

These controls remained in place after the war, and became standard procedure, though not without controversy.

It gradually grew and spread from the Middle East to other parts of the world, though not without controversy and hardship among its supporters.

Even though some historians emphasize folklore roots for the Rurik legend and consequently dismiss Rurik as a legendary figure, there is a controversy about his ethnic origins in Eastern Europe.

They won the NFC Championship Game in 2005, and went on to lose in the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers ( though it was not without controversy as NFL Films has Super Bowl XL at number 8 on its top ten list of controversial calls ).

In the first century Gentile ( non-Jewish ) inclusion was the significant issue, see Circumcision controversy in early Christianity, while two millennia later Jewish exclusion is the issue ( though Jewish exclusion may have begun as early as the exclusion of Jews from Aelia Capitolina c. 135, see also Jewish Bishops of Jerusalem and Anti-Judaism ).

The Supreme Court held that, though the United States was a defendant, the case in question was not an actual controversy ; rather, the statute was merely devised to test the constitutionality of a certain type of legislation.

The Mississippi Natural Law Party nominated the Socialist Party presidential ticket of Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander, though they were ultimately barred from appearing on the Mississippi ballot due to a legal controversy surrounding the deadline hour for filing their presidential electors.

The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a minor, though important place ".

This recommendation is not without controversy, though.

Huygens developed a balance spring watch more or less contemporaneously with, though separately from, Robert Hooke, and controversy over who should be given credit for this important invention persisted for centuries.

The move caused some controversy in Serbia, as Belgrade regarded him as a war criminal, though he was never indicted by the Hague tribunal.

Since the date of Easter is calculated differently in the East and West ( see Easter controversy ), in most years the two traditions celebrate Pentecost on different days ( though in some years the celebrations will coincide, as in 2010 and 2011 ).

The authenticity of the poems is now generally doubted, though they may have been based on fragments of Gaelic legend, and to some extent the controversy has overshadowed their considerable literary merit and influence on Romanticism.

The ensuing controversy persuaded Pope Clement X to close the Colosseum's external arcades and declare it a sanctuary, though quarrying continued for some time.

The use of NDPBs continued under the Labour government in office from 1997 to 2010, though the political controversy associated with NDPBs in the mid-1990s for the most part died away.

The Act is widely considered a landmark in civil-rights legislation, though some of its provisions have sparked political controversy.

When a monarch does act, political controversy can often ensue, partially because the neutrality of the crown is seen to be compromised in favour of a partisan goal, while some political scientists champion the idea of an " interventionist monarch " as a check against possible illegal action by politicians.

For this reason, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves are thought to damage molecules and biological tissue only by bulk heating, not excitation from single photons of the radiation ( however, there does remain controversy about possible non-thermal biological damage from low frequency EM radiation, see below ).

Although Stephen Jay Gould's 1977 book Ontogeny and Phylogeny helps to reassess Haeckelian embryology, it does not address the controversy over Haeckel's embryo drawings.

The abstract monument sparked a great deal of controversy when it was unveiled, being dubbed with names such as " the olive in the toothpick ", (" măslina-n scobitoare "), as many argued that it does not fit in its surroundings and believed that its choice was based on political reasons.

It does not appear that the basic principle is controversial, although there is much controversy on ecological health indicators, value of nature's services and Earth itself, consistent methods of ecosystem valuation, biodiversity metrics and methods of audit that might apply to these services, systems and biomes.

Although the Fox network itself does not carry any national, regularly scheduled news programming other than Fox News Sunday, both this program and the network's breaking-news coverage are produced by the Fox News Channel, and are regular subjects of controversy.

Richard Fuchs, author of An Unerring Fire, concludes, “ The affair at Fort Pillow was simply an orgy of death, a mass lynching to satisfy the basest of conduct – intentional murder – for the vilest of reasons – racism and personal enmity .” Andrew Ward downplays the controversy, “ Whether the massacre was premeditated or spontaneous does not address the more fundamental question of whether a massacre took place ... it certainly did, in every dictionary sense of the word .” John Cimprich states, “ The new paradigm in social attitudes and the fuller use of available evidence has favored a massacre interpretation ...

City and Town Courts have jurisdiction to hear Ordinance violations and misdemeanor prosecutions, as well as civil actions where the amount in controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars ($ 500 ).

:" Where, in the performance of its judicial duties, the Court decides a case in such a way as to resolve the sort of intensely divisive controversy reflected in Roe and those rare, comparable cases, its decision has a dimension that the resolution of the normal case does not carry.

Attached to this question was the circumcision controversy in early Christianity, i. e., does a Gentile need to follow all of the Mosaic Laws.

This controversy does not exist within the sciences and arguments against the existence of female falsetto do not align with current physiological evidence.

Austin writes that he was both delighted and disturbed by the Alternative 3 controversy, and adds that the reasons " a clever hoax, openly admitted to be such by its creators, should continue to exercise the fascination it so obviously does the best part of a generation after its first appearance is beyond my feeble powers of analysis and explanation.

There is much controversy over Angel joining the X-Men, as there are many protests of angels being a sign of God ; also, Rogue does not like the fact that he has the appearance of an angel.

Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the Congress party, sparked controversy by saying that Rama does not exist.

Although his term as mayor is not without controversy, Curitiba does not have the gangs of much more populous cities such as Rio de Janeiro.

Many people had concluded that people in a group setting would make decisions based on what they assumed to be the overall risk level of a group ; because Stoner ’ s work did not necessarily address this specific theme, and because it does seem to contrast Stoner ’ s initial definition of risky shift, additional controversy arose leading researchers to further examine the topic.

And when the judiciary mediates to allocate constitutional boundaries, it does not assert any superiority over the other departments ; it does not in reality nullify or invalidate an act of the legislature, but only asserts the solemn and sacred obligation assigned to it by the Constitution to determine conflicting claims of authority under the Constitution and to establish for the parties in an actual controversy the rights which that instrument secures and guarantees to them.

Moreover, Healy criticized the industry by the fact that “ since the controversy blew up, there has not been a single piece of research carried out to answer the question of whether ‘ Prozac ’ does cause suicide or not ”.

The Mexican magnate's growing fortune has caused a controversy because it has been amassed in a developing country where per capita income does not surpass $ 14, 500 a year, and nearly 17 % of the population lives in poverty.

The controversy over the acceptance of Unigenitus in France sheds more light on the conduct of diplomacy at the court of the aged Louis XIV than it does on Jansenism.

The hereditary system, whatever its logical defects, does produce some people of independent opinions and also some who are much younger than the normal run of middle-aged legislators ... My guess is that after achieving stage one, which would involve a great deal of parliamentary time and much controversy, a Labour Cabinet would rest on its oars and postpone for many years any plans for an elective chamber.

However according to them the controversy over the meaning of the place-name ' Canara ' does not end with this explanation.

The issue of male-only clubs does, however, sometimes arouse controversy.