71.   Bouterse himself was considered too controversial a figure to become president, so his party nominated his close adviser, Wijdenbosch.

72.   Bryan is a controversial figure.

73.   But DeBartolo also has been a controversial figure.

74.   But he is considered a controversial figure because of his sponsorship of expensive, hi-tech projects, including a national jet plane programme.

75.   Cioflan was a controversial figure in the Romanian banking world and had an ongoing court case against him.

76.   Farrakhan is a controversial figure because of past statements viewed as racist.

77.   Farrakhan is a controversial figure because of statements considered anti-Semitic and antagonistic to women.

78.   For the moment, Italy seems stuck with Ocalan, a controversial figure both at home and abroad.

79.   Habibie is a controversial figure because of his sponsorship of expensive, high-tech projects, including an aircraft industry that produces turboprop commuter planes.

80.   He has often defended such controversial figures as Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic.