controversial
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Todd Gray, whose 27-foot-long photo sculpture “Octavia’s Gaze” graces the hallway near the building’s south entrance, chats with Wim Wenders, who is making a documentary about architect Peter Zumthor’s controversial new $724 million concrete behemoth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Hastings became known for implementing a unique and controversial culture of radical transparency, where employee evaluations are brutally candid and average performances can be grounds for termination.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Produced by controversial “predatory publisher” MDPI, Toxics is not exactly the New England Journal of Medicine.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
A VAR intervention was controversial because there was contact by Pacho on the back of Mac Allister's boot.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
He opened the meeting with a controversial speech in which he called for our sanctions policy to be reevaluated.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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