1.   Betancourt has courted controversy almost from the beginning of her political career.

2.   But they share a teen-age enthusiasm for buying the work of young artists who court controversy.

3.   Croatia is not the first place where Galbraith, the son of economist John Kenneth Galbraith, has courted controversy.

4.   Indeed, he sometimes seems to court controversy.

5.   Mikhailov has courted controversy by opposing plans to shrink the Russian nuclear establishment and by publicly taunting Washington over the supercomputer issue.

6.   Petzoldt courted controversy.

7.   Sinking back onto the couch in his home, Steven Kovacs had a confident smile on his face when asked if he courts controversy.

8.   The president and his wife court controversy by cohabiting the oval office, with Mrs. Wintergreen ruling domestic policy.

9.   The ruling was a victory for the oil company Unocal, which has been courting controversy by doing business in Myanmar.

10.   With a full beard and gray pony-tail, Cohen seems to court controversy.