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controversial

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Verdict: This is controversial, but can a player who cost £100m and was effectively discarded after two seasons be truly considered a success?

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Fresh elections may well be the least controversial proposal in the plan.

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Other controversial proposals include efforts to allow governments to sell stockpiles of elephant ivory and rhino horn.

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But the plan is highly controversial in the UK -- one of the few European countries without any ID card and where the idea has long been resisted -- and the main opposition parties are against it.

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Benn's task is navigating a course, particularly in Northern Ireland, which does not risk his bill becoming as controversial as the last.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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