This appointment became the subject of a bitter partisan controversy.

Just why remains a matter of bitter controversy here.

At the same time, they have given rise to a bitter controversy among the growers.

"His job will be to try to, out of bitter controversy, find a meaningful consensus," he said.

The book has already ignited bitter controversy, and that is no surprise.

In the summer of 1559 bitter controversies arose among them.

And yet, the bitter controversy over the N-22 will not die.

His final years in the city council featured a few bitter controversies.

The monograph and the paper led to "a bitter controversy".

Known as Proposition 14, it caused a storm of deep and bitter controversy across the state.