31.   When Richards took office, she made a public controversy out of her demands that State Insurance Board members resign, so she could take control of the agency.

32.   While old friends and other supporters were urging Ralston to let the public controversy blow over and stay in the running, he reached the same conclusion as Cohen.

33.   Away from the cacophony of public controversy, a Government-appointedcommittee is seeking public opinion on multiculturalism.

34.   It will remain a public controversy for years to come as to why the US stayed away from the Chavalit government.

35.   So it was something of a surprise when Ms. Manokyan found herself in the midst of a public controversy over her charitable activities.

36.   The announcement marked an abrupt change for DiFrancesco, who has maintained for weeks that he planned to run despite the public controversy.

37.   Former premier Silvio Berlusconi on Monday rejected any compromise to trim his television empire, pouring cold water on suggestions that he might bow to public controversy and pressure.

38.   These two, Horst Littmann, a German and Shalom Fried, an Israeli, have come up with contradictory theories which have produced some vitriolic public controversy.