Whether to publicly disclose known vulnerabilities remains a contentious issue. There are two options: 1. Immediate Full Disclosure Some cybersecurity experts argue for immediate disclosure, including specific information about how to exploit the vulnerability. Supporters of immediate disclosure believe ...
The federal budget is a contentious issue in the U.S. Federal expenditures have risen steeply since the 1980s. That is mainly due to the increased requirements of mandatory spending on programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The federal government is legally obligated to dispers...
Their security measures, however, remain a contentious issue. Sweeping crackdowns on suspected remnants of the old order, along with sporadic reports of detentions or minor abuses, indicate the delicate balance between restoring order and protecting individual rights. The new cabinet also prioritized ...
A significant proportion of Fiji's population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropriate name for these citizens has for a long time been a contentious issue. In 2017 a new name was proposed; one that signals the beginning of a change in attitude. This...
This is a contentious issue. The weight of evidence, however, suggests that the answer is a guarded “no.” An incident early in the professional career of a bioenergy practitioner and colleague of the present What Really Matters for Healing A very different set of variables is the key to ...
Insider trading—the practice of buying or selling a company's securities based on material, nonpublic information—has long been a contentious issue in financial markets. While the term often evokes images of corporate executives secretly profiting from inside knowledge, the reality is more complex....
Although the timing of the announcement was poor, raising such a contentious issue with our primary ally still fighting a seven-front war was particularly upsetting. However, decreasing military aid over time has some appeal for fiscal hawks and progressives for very different reasons. As long as...
The authors also investigate the contentious 有争议的issue of racial matching of students and teachers. Here they find strong evidence that minority teachers tend to be more effective with minority students. Again, it is unclear whether this is because of a role model effect (students respond bett...
Contentious describes an attitude, situation, or issue that often results in argument or controversy, suggesting frequent conflicts and disputes. Whereas, polemical refers specifically to a style of discourse that is contentious with the intention of persuading or defending a particular point of view, ...
Though it had been intended to ease sectional tensions by offering a lasting solution to the contentious issue of enslavement, the bill had the opposite effect. When both Nebraska and Kansas were eventually admitted to the Union as free states, the South resolved to defend enslavement at all ...