In the event, Bossi was openly contested by many delegates at the congress.

Despite these electoral results, Morganti's leadership was openly contested by many party members.

He also suggested that drilling deeply on Earth would resolve shortages in energy supply, an idea that has been openly contested by geologists.

Doxa and opinion denote, respectively, a society's taken-for-granted, unquestioned truths, and the sphere of that which may be openly contested and discussed.

The "one-dimensional" approach involves direct empirical observations of openly contested public issues.

In preparation for the republic's first openly contested local elections, planned for April, the Slovenian party has already dropped the hammer and sickle, changed the red star to a yellow one and debated changing its name.

There is an understanding that at subsequent elections all seats will be openly contested.

Only a few years into being afforded semi-democratic options - including openly contested local and regional elections - after seven decades of pure Communist monolith, the voters will be grappling with their most confusing ballot thus far.

While the workers protested, the leaders of South Korea's two major parties met in Seoul and agreed on a rough timetable for what promises to be the first openly contested presidential election in 16 years.

And he has openly contested the spending and tax methods of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.