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contention and term
How best to define the term “ art ” is a subject of constant contention ; many books and journal articles have been published arguing over even the basics of what we mean by the term “ art ”.
It should be noted that the term " lifestyle " to signify BDSM is occasionally a contention topic in the BDSM community and that some dominatrices may dislike the term.
: The term Cinematographer has been a point of contention for some time now.
The Supreme Court declined to address Lessig's contention that Lopez and Morrison offered precedent for enforcing the Copyright clause, and instead reiterated the lower court's reasoning that a retroactive term extension can satisfy the " limited times " provision in the copyright clause, as long as the extension itself is limited instead of perpetual.
The term " cinematographer " has been a point of contention for some time now ; some professionals insist that it only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person, although this is far from being uniformly the case.
However, there is some contention that the term " bear ", along with many of the conventions of the subculture, predate Bulger's creation of " Bear Magazine.
Which images, ideas, and objects constitute idolatry is often a matter of considerable contention, and within all the Abrahamic religions the term may be used in a very wide sense, with no implication that the behaviour objected to actually consists of the religious worship of a physical object.
The Hebrew term beli · ya ′‛ al is applied to ideas, words, and counsel, to calamitous circumstances, and most frequently, to good-for-nothing men of the lowest sort — for example, men who would induce worship of other gods ; those of Benjamin who committed the sex crime at Gibeah ; the wicked sons of Eli ; insolent Nabal ; opposers of God ’ s anointed, David ; Rehoboam ’ s unsteady associates ; Jezebel's conspirators against Naboth ; and men in general who stir up contention.
The title of " world's fastest production road car " is constantly in contention, especially because the term " production car " is not well-defined.
Use of the term has been a point of contention within the Republican Party.
In India, opposition to usage of the term is varied, and it has been argued that the " original inhabitant " contention is based on dubious claims and that the adivāsi-non adivasi divide that has been created is artificial.
This contention may look convincing at first glance inasmuch as On the Origin of Species is full of observations and proposed mechanisms that clearly fit within the boundaries of modern ecology ( e. g. the cat-to-clover chain – an ecological cascade ) and because the term ecology was coined in 1866 by a strong proponent of Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel.
There was a brief contention about the legality of his second term.
Often, there will exist some degree of dispute or contention, or possibly confusion with the purely adjectival, general sense of the term.
The key point of contention was the broadcaster's insistence on more term contract employees in the future while guaranteeing no change in employment status for existing employees.

contention and greatly
Side dishes vary greatly from family-to-family and region-to-region, and can be a source of jovial contention when eaters of different " traditions " of lutefisk dine together.
A particular point of contention is the practice of bringing in veteran voice actors ( who are generally capable of greatly altering their voices and inflections in order to create personalities for characters ) to read for a part, and then use the recording of the professional voice actor as a guide for the movie star, even though the actual character creation work is being done by the unpaid voice actor.
Han Xin ( died 196 BC ) was a military general who served Liu Bang ( Emperor Gaozu of Han ) during the Chu – Han contention and contributed greatly to the founding of the Han Dynasty.

contention and contributed
The club started out well, going 35 – 19 through mid-June, but injuries to Sutcliffe and others in the pitching staff contributed to a 13 game losing streak that pushed the Cubs out of contention.
A five game conference winning streak in 1984 helped put Fry and Iowa in contention for the league title, but injuries contributed to Iowa's 0 – 2 – 1 finish to the conference schedule.
His five yellow and three red cards in the 2002 – 03 season contributed hugely to Middlesbrough missing out on a place in the UEFA Cup through the fair play league – although, conversely, he was a major reason they were high enough up the league to be in contention.
The proposed motorway was one of the principal points of contention in the 2004 local body elections and contributed to the defeat of Banks.
The previous evening, Walter Hayes, public affairs director of Ford of Dagenham, who had contributed £ 75, 000 toward the development of the Cosworth-Ford V8, demonstrated his confidence in a good showing by the two Lotus-Ford drivers when he proposed that they should flip a coin to choose the winner, in case both cars were in contention at the end of the race!
One of the main issues of contention is the claim that Wittgenstein triggered or substantially contributed to Hitler's antisemitism while they were at school together.
Papelbon pitching against the Orioles on September 28, 2011 ; his blown save that night partially contributed to Boston's elimination from playoff contention.

contention and loss
However, the Brewers were eliminated from postseason contention on Spetember 30, a 7-0 loss to the Houston Astros.
With a 3 – 0 loss on October 3, the final game of the season, the Padres were officially eliminated from playoff contention and the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants won the division.
The 35 – 34 loss knocked the 10 – 6 Redskins out of playoff contention.
On March 23, 2010, the Pistons were eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to the Indiana Pacers, assuring their first Draft Lottery appearance and their first 50-loss season since 2001.
On April 5, 2006, the Warriors were officially eliminated from playoff contention with a 114 – 109 overtime loss to the Hornets, extending their playoff drought to 12 seasons.
The Oilers were eliminated from playoff contention in their final game of the season with a 5 – 2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on April 4, 2004.
Unfortunately, Glavine made one of the worst starts of his career, allowing seven runs while recording only one out, with the Mets being eliminated from playoff contention with an 8 – 1 loss.
An overtime loss to Frankfurt followed ; but by the time Scotland had returned to Frankfurt in Week 6, winning with a reverse of the 42-35 scoreline that the Galaxy had earned in Week 3, Scotland were 4-2 and in contention to reach World Bowl VII.
Essensa let in four early goals before being replaced by McLean, who let in another three in a 7 – 1 loss to move Canada out of contention for the gold medal.
In leagues like the National Hockey League where regular season standings are based on a point system ( i. e. two points are awarded for a win, one point for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation ), a team may be forced to use an extra attacker even when the scored is tied near the end of regulation of its last regular season game to avoid being eliminated from playoff contention.
This match marked the last Adelaide United appearances of Fernando Rech and Carl Veart as the 1 – 0 loss to Seongyam knocked Adelaide out of Quarter Finals contention.
After a win at the 2-9 Rams, which evened the Panthers ' record at 6-6 and kept them in playoff contention, they suffered a devastating three-point home loss to the 4-8 New Orleans Saints.
Vidoz dropped out of serious contention with a ninth round TKO loss to Russian boxer Nicolay Valuev on 9 October 2004 at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.
In week 14, both teams played a game with major playoff implications that could have all but eliminated the Giants from playoff contention with a loss.
The election loss caused contention between his wife and family and everyone in New Jersey who knew the intellectual Robeson, called him " Poor Roby ".
The import of such irony has also been the subject of much contention: are his wife's actions a sign of a bad education or just the inevitable result of the loss of the controlling influence in her life?
For Denmark, even more than the loss of territory, the continuous Swedish interference in Holstein ( supporting claims for lands in Danish held Schleswig ) was a major bone of contention.
Although they were not playing that day, the Twins ' 9 – 4 loss to the Chicago White Sox at home eliminated Minnesota from contention and gave the A's the crown.
The Phantoms did manage to pick up two more wins-2-1 over Richmond Kickers and a hard-fought 3-2 over Wilmington Hammerheads-but were eliminated from playoff contention well before their 3-1 loss to Cincinnati on the final day of the season.
Despite a pair of dominating shutouts ( 6-0 against Springfield and 3-0 against the Brass ), a 3-1 loss to the Chill all but knocked the Menace from playoff contention.
His final loss of the season, against the Houston Astros, eliminated the Reds from playoff contention.
: I wholly fail to comprehend the contention that the taxpayer sustained a loss.

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