1.   But the role has put him at odds with the United States and stirred controversy in his own country.

2.   His remarks are nevertheless bound to stir controversy.

3.   When they stirred controversies, they were generally reported by the feature pages and gossip columns of newspapers.

4.   An aide to Istook said the amendment stirred no controversy among members of the subcommittee that approved it.

5.   And his own lawyer rewrote a legal brief in another case, stirring old controversies over his draft avoidance and charges of sexual misconduct.

6.   And both men have stirred controversy with their work.

7.   Anderson also has stirred controversy with another portion of his bill.

8.   At Dillard University in New Orleans, Chestnut stirred controversy with a class paper.

9.   Blinder has also stirred controversy by chastising European central banks for allowing high unemployment.

10.   A department spokesman Thursday said there was no timetable for a decision on the issue, which has already stirred controversy.