31.   Houston has always been a controversial figure, a hard man to fathom.

32.   In full-page newspaper advertisements that appeared before the mass wedding late last month, the Rev. Moon said he knows most Americans consider him a controversial figure.

33.   It resulted in his first trial for heresy and forever branded him a controversial figure.

34.   Jack Kevorkian is a controversial figure because he seems unhealthily obsessed with suicide as the ultimate solution.

35.   Laurent has been a controversial figure in the case.

36.   Lew is a controversial figure because he is the largest shareholder in Coles and he owns companies which are suppliers to Coles.

37.   Lew and Fox have long been controversial figures at Coles because their private companies earn millions of dollars a year selling goods and services to Coles.

38.   Mcwayizeni was a controversial figure in Zulu life.

39.   Mack, who has taught at Harvard for more than three decades, was a controversial figure even before he began his UFO research five years ago.

40.   Or his appointing a controversial figure like Steven Tocco to chair the Board of Education, even though Tocco lacks any expertise for the post.