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Remember when snack choices fueled the most contentious debates around Super Bowl halftime?

Washington and Beijing, who have been locked in contentious talks for months over tariffs and technology, have been preparing for a meeting between their two leaders.

It may be contentious, but it is also the action of someone increasingly comfortable in his own skin in this exacting job.

During the following decades, exhibitions often revealed a tug-of-war between opposing sensibilities—fissures perhaps unavoidable in a contentious democracy’s national museums—but in this century, a particular ideological bent has become dominant.

“Australia is being a leader in taking these very contentious, important changes to protect our young people.”