41.   Because dealing with teen-age pregnancies is a controversial issue.

42.   Blackwell said elected officials would be wise to deal with the reasons the public has lost faith in them, particularly by being willing to confront controversial issues.

43.   A controversial issue is whether estrogen-replacement therapy or the use of birth-control pills increases the risk of breast cancer.

44.   A new refrigerator brings up the controversial issue of food filing.

45.   A former U.S. attorney in Atlanta, Barr gets more attention than most junior members of Congress, mainly because he takes strong stands on controversial issues.

46.   A Senate committee approved a major education measure Thursday but left the most controversial issues to be fought out on the Senate floor.

47.   A spokeswoman for the American Immigration Lawyers Association said Thursday she expects the commission will try to duck the controversial issue by deliberately keeping its recommendation vague.

48.   Abortion remains a controversial issue.

49.   After such a chilly reaction from the president, we are not likely to hear Laura Bush speak out on a controversial issue again soon.

50.   Although Bush endorsed the rights of home schoolers, he did not touch some of controversial social issues broached by other speakers, such as abortion and gay rights.