21.   The legal confusion surrounding these important cases should compel the Supreme Court to resolve this national controversy.

22.   The use of federal soft money by the state Democratic Party brings the ongoing national controversy over fund-raising directly to Massachusetts.

23.   Their decision, however, touched off national controversy over whether public school students should be taught in a language other than basic English.

24.   Travis Heights was able to build a consensus for such changes in its tight neighborhood before the issue became a national controversy.

25.   He sparked national controversy in his first year as Welsh secretary by accusing some young women of becoming pregnant purely to increase their chances of getting public housing.

26.   In return, the governing party promised to revise the security law, also at the center of national controversy.

27.   Local interests, not national controversies, are getting the attention.

28.   The issue has stirred a national ethical controversy and opposition from anti-abortion groups.

29.   The prospect stirred a national ethical controversy.

30.   Their case stirred a national controversy when it became public that they would spend Christmas behind bars away from their families.