Lillie notes that, contrary to the nature of the myth, cattle are well aware of their surroundings and are very difficult to sneak up on, due to excellent senses of both smell and hearing.

Barzun states that, contrary to myth, Rousseau was no primitivist ; for him: The model man is the independent farmer, free of superiors and self-governing.

However for patients who can be identified and traced, billing is normal, contrary to common myth.

It was rumoured that Sir Walter Raleigh landed the first shipment of tobacco there, although this is a myth, as Raleigh was not, contrary to popular belief, the first to bring tobacco to England.

However, contrary to popular myth, black American sprinter Jesse Owens ', who won four gold medals beating Aryan athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, faced less segregation there than in the USA, and felt snubbed by Roosevelt rather than by Hitler ( see Jesse Owens # Berlin Olympics ).

I can truthfully say that no efforts were spared in the treatment of Drew, and, contrary to popular myth, the fact that he was a Negro did not in any way limit the care that was given to him.

It was well-received critically, and contrary to popular myth, was legally registered.

Construction would ultimately claim eighteen lives and injure numerous other workers, but contrary to popular myth, no workers were buried alive in the concrete.

Following the departure of their record producer Paul A. Rothchild ( who, contrary to popular myth, loved " Riders on the Storm " but dismissed the group's differing style on " Love Her Madly " as " cocktail music ") around November 1970.

Sometimes broken myths die, dead myth ; the contrary data have become overwhelming.

Buschman showed that migration explained the introduction of the lovebug into Florida and other southeastern states, contrary to the urban myth that the University of Florida created them by manipulating DNA to control mosquito populations.

In a later article, Sutton discovered that, contrary to popular belief, Hamblin was not the original source of the spinach, Popeye, decimal error myth.

Reports of the Annexation Bill of 1866 — a bill that, contrary to myth, never came to a vote — might have been one of the many factors behind Canadian Confederation in 1867.

So, while Thatcher was for a time a female employee of J. Lyons & Co. during the period when nippies existed, contrary to myth Thatcher was not a nippy herself.

This is contrary to the popular myth that the dock was built and used by the nearby Royal Doulton's pottery works to transport clay and finished goods to and from the Port of London.

This is particularly significant for home owners because, contrary to a widespread myth, most household burglaries occur during the day, when the occupants are away at work or shopping.

When their population outgrows the resources of their habitat, lemmings migrate, although contrary to popular myth, they do not jump into the sea.

His advice, his voice saying his poems, the fact that he had not so much as touched her -- on the contrary, he had put his head back and she had stroked his hair -- this was all new.

On the contrary, it would only weaken his position if he fumed, while she stayed calm and adamant.

1308 ), a Friar Minor Conventual like Saint Bonaventure, argued, on the contrary, that from a rational point of view it was certainly as little derogatory to the merits of Christ to assert that Mary was by him preserved from all taint of sin, as to say that she first contracted it and then was delivered.

Through it all, Marge has remained faithful to Homer, despite temptations to the contrary such as the one in " Life on the Fast Lane " ( season one, 1990 ), where she resists the charming Frenchman Jacques and instead chooses to remain with Homer.

Fiammetta's tale ( she is the speaker in this story, contrary to what a couple of incorrect sources may say ) is also told about the legendary Hatim Tai, who lived in the 6th century and sacrificed his favorite horse to provide a meal for the ambassador of the Greek Emperor.

Although ( contrary to rumour ) she never placed bets, she did have the racing commentaries piped direct to her London residence, Clarence House, so she could follow the races.

As Margaret was in Scotland at the time the battle had taken place, it was impossible that she issued the orders for their executions despite popular belief to the contrary.

Other famous structures include the Gothic Church of St Maclou ( 15th century ); the Tour Jeanne d ' Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture ( contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there ); the Church of Saint Ouen ( 12th – 15th century ); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement ( French court of law ) of Normandy and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries.

She also has stated that despite internet rumors to the contrary, she was never married to Peter Horton.

Historians have christened her " Lemonade Lucy " due to her staunch support of the temperance movement ; however, contrary to popular belief, she was never referred to by that nickname while living, and it was her husband who banned alcohol from the White House.

In it, she discusses how her sympathy towards the revolution became hatred of the Bolsheviks as she saw the party as authoritarian and contrary to the spirit of the revolution.

Motions can also be brought after the close of a trial to undo a jury verdict that is contrary to law or against the weight of the evidence, or to convince the judge that she or he should change his decision or grant a new trial.

He was adamant that she remained a virgin until her marriage, despite Catholic rumours to the contrary.

Soon afterward she left the band, which stayed together despite O ' Connor's statements to the contrary in later interviews, and she moved to London.

On the contrary Papi despises Suga Mama and often makes rude remarks about her in Spanish which she thinks are compliments.

Aroused out of his first sleep by Ruth, he was greatly frightened, as he thought that she was a devil ; and he was convinced of the contrary only after touching the hair of her head, since devils were believed to be bald ( Tan., l. c .).

William of Tyre claims that Raymond seduced Eleanor to get revenge on her husband, who refused to aid him in his wars against the Saracens, and that " contrary to royal dignity, she disregarded her marriage vows and was unfaithful to her husband.

There is always an open market for this sort of delicacy, in spite of low calorie diets, cottage cheese and hands-off-all-sweets to the contrary.

This was contrary to the principles of the life of independence which these mountaineers had always lived, and resulted in a general uprising against Egyptian rule.

On the contrary, Rousseau holds that " uncorrupted morals " prevail in the " state of nature " and he especially praised the admirable moderation of the Caribbeans in expressing the sexual urge despite the fact that they live in a hot climate, which " always seems to inflame the passions ".

Nonetheless, contrary to other reports, the project's leaders always intended for pilots to be able to control their spacecraft, as they valued humans ' ability to contribute to missions ' success.

* In their habits, they are clannish, social, and extremely convivial, never living alone like other animals, but, on the contrary, always found in villages or large settlements.

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, however, Mosaic was never released as open source software during its brief reign as a major browser ; there were always constraints on permissible uses without payment.

The megabat, contrary to its name, is not always large: the smallest species is long and thus smaller than some microbats.

John Plamenatz in his critical examination of Rousseau's work considered that conscience was there defined as the feeling that urges us, in spite of contrary passions, towards two harmonies: the one within our minds and between our passions, and the other within society and between its members ; " the weakest can appeal to it in the strongest, and the appeal, though often unsuccessful, is always disturbing.

Despite some claims made to the contrary, Divine always considered himself to be male, and was not transgender or transsexual.

Any ordinal number can be made into a topological space by endowing it with the order topology ( since, being well-ordered, an ordinal is in particular totally ordered ): in the absence of indication to the contrary, it is always that order topology which is meant when an ordinal is thought of as a topological space.

Oranges do not always come true from seeds due to pollination and hybridization problems, but nearly all tangerines can be grown true from seed, contrary to popular notions.

He advocated and successfully implemented, policies that were contrary to Catholic social teaching, which had always been a consideration in influencing Irish policy until the 1980s.

The reasonable person standard is by no means democratic in its scope ; it is, contrary to popular conception, intentionally distinct from that of the " average person ," who is not necessarily guaranteed to always be reasonable.

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges inscribed in the Versailles Treaty because they had not frankly agreed to them ... We, on the contrary, believe that if Germany, far from making the slightest effort to carry out the treaty of peace, has always tried to escape her obligations, it is because until now she has not been convinced of her defeat ... We are also certain that Germany, as a nation, resigns herself to keep her pledged word only under the impact of necessity.

Allègre claimed that there was a popular misconception to the contrary, and that schoolchildren should be made to understand that two objects always fall at the same speed.

His phrasing almost always features striking yet subtle transitions between notes that often work contrary to the listener's expectations of consonance and dissonance, with wide and unpredictable intervallic leaps.

who made so ill an use of his wonderful speaking powers to try and burke, by a display of authority, a free discussion on what was, or was not, a matter of truth, and reminded him that on questions of physical science ' authority ' had always been bowled out by investigation, as witness astronomy and geology. He then caught hold of the Bp's assertions and showed how contrary they were to facts, and how he knew nothing about what he had been discoursing on.

If the voices always move by the same intervals ( in opposite directions ) they are said to be in strict contrary motion.

The supporting cast remained fairly stable throughout this original run and included Joan Mason, a beautiful blond reporter for the Daily Blade who would ultimately star in her own backup stories, and Mike Mannigan, Dan's stereotypically Irish partner on the force who believed despite all evidence to the contrary that the Blue Beetle was a criminal and was always trying to arrest him with little success.

Local policies are always executed in the name of Tamale Metropolitan District, so that, for example, illegal constructions often show the command " remove by Tamale Metropolitan District " ( meaning that Tamale Metropolitan District has ordered to remove the building as it is contrary to current urban land use planning ).

Series developer Mark Evanier revealed that Eric's contrary nature was mandated by parents groups and consultants to push the then-dominant pro-social moral for cartoons of " The group is always right ; the complainer is always wrong.

On the contrary, they are always outgoing from some denser state of matter.