It also moves into contentious areas, in a frank discussion of race genetics.

Health care, the largest part of the budget at $30 billion, has also been the most contentious area in recent years.

To cover such an important and contentious area requires a very through book.

"That may be one of the more contentious areas."

The most contentious areas, officials said, were education, cuts in agencies and job reductions.

One contentious area could be the administration's request for missile defenses.

One of the most contentious areas of investigation for both sides will be his mental history.

They just want to reroute it away from the most contentious and provocative areas so that there's less change of trouble.

But I have to take issue with him in one contentious area which is: what is to be the level of support for sheep farmers?

This is a contentious area, and one in which Microsoft has to date been intractable.