And contrary to what has been said recently, we did not wait for `` outside pressures '' and `` world opinion '' to bring down that Communist government ; ;

Note: in a galvanic cell, contrary to what occurs in an electrolytic cell, no anions flow to the anode, the internal current being entirely accounted for by the cations flowing away from it ( cf drawing ).

The German Army, contrary to what the blitzkrieg legend suggests, was not fully motorised.

This appeared to be confirmed by the exploration of the deep sea beds conducted by the Challenger expedition, 1872-6, which showed that contrary to expectation, land debris brought down by rivers to the ocean is deposited comparatively close to the shore in what is now known as the continental shelf.

It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them ; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations ; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.

But when a man acts wrongly, nature is not to be blamed ; for what is wrong, takes place not according to nature, but contrary to nature, it being the work of choice, and not of nature ” ( The Christian Examiner, Volume One, published by James Miller, 1824 Edition, p. 66 )

While the angle of the instrument may change as this motion follows the shape of the teeth and placement of the jaw, contrary to what many brass performers and teachers believe, the angle of the instrument does not actually constitute the motion Reinhardt advised as a pivot.

In his philosophy of science, which has much in common with that of his good friend Karl Popper, Hayek was highly critical of what he termed scientism: a false understanding of the methods of science that has been mistakenly forced upon the social sciences, but that is contrary to the practices of genuine science.

In the aftermath of this attempted coup, Fox and eleven other Quakers issued a broadside proclaiming what became known among Friends in the 20th century as the " peace testimony ": they committed themselves to oppose all outward wars and strife as contrary to the will of God.

Many philosophers argue to the contrary, believing that, for example, the laws of thought cannot be revised and may be " held come what may ".

Just as one does not judge an individual by what he thinks about himself, so one cannot judge such a period of transformation by its consciousness, but, on the contrary, this consciousness must be explained from the contradictions of material life, from the conflict existing between the social forces of production and the relations of production.

Shedding is minimal with this breed, contrary to what one might think ( once cords are fully formed ).

Another similar case ( contrary to what Vacca has written, as Freudenthal carefully showed ) was that of Francesco Maurolico in his Arithmeticorum libri duo ( 1575 ), who used the technique to prove that the sum of the first n odd integers is n < sup > 2 </ sup >.

: the jurors ought to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.

Fortescue's definition of law ( also found in Accursius and Bracton ), after all, was ' a sacred sanction commanding what is virtuous and forbidding the contrary.

As a consequence of this Altfed and Cimbala have argued that belief in Nuclear Winter has made Nuclear Warfare more plausible and not less, contrary to what Carl Sagan and others have argued, for Nuclear Winter inspired the technological imperative toward improved accuracy and weaponry.

Classical economists on the contrary defined profit as what is left after subtracting costs except interest and risk coverage ; thus, if one leaves aside risk coverage for simplicity, the neoclassical zero-long-run-profit thesis would be re-expressed in classical parlance as profits coinciding with interest in the long period, i. e. the rate of profit tending to coincide with the rate of interest.

Sometimes what is called for is a certain sort of explanation — not a causal explanation, but an explanation for example of how two different views, which seem to be contrary to one another, can be held at the same time, consistently.

Such priority ( procedure over substance ) is contrary to what we think of the relationship nowadays.

A single-lens reflex ( SLR ) camera is a camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system ( hence " reflex ", from the mirror's reflection ) that permits the photographer to view through the lens and hence see exactly what will be captured, contrary to viewfinder cameras where the image could be significantly different from what will be captured.

Marinara sauce is an Italian-American term for a simple tomato sauce with herbs — mostly parsley and basil — but, contrary to what the name might suggest (' marinara ' is Italian for " sailor-style ") without anchovies, fish, or seafood.

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.

Mill notes that, contrary to what its critics might say, there is “ no known Epicurean theory of life which does not assign to the pleasures of the intellect … a much higher value as pleasures than to those of mere sensation .” However, he accepts that this is usually because the intellectual pleasures are thought to have circumstantial advantages, i. e. “ greater permanency, safety, uncostliness, & c .” Instead, Mill will argue that some pleasures are intrinsically better than others.

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.

The clause reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who on the contrary still wished to continue it.

Heidenstam's conception, on the contrary, was to revive the present by the memories of the past.

On the contrary, he was pleased that his face showed a neglect of several days.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

I hold, on the contrary, that we mean to assert something of the pain itself, namely, that it was bad -- bad when and as it occurred.

Up to the turn of the century, contraception was condemned by all Christian churches as immoral, unnatural and contrary to divine law.

It was still a very big world, despite all the modern cant to the contrary.

An eminent member of this school, Georges Duby, wrote in the foreword of his book Le dimanche de Bouvines that the history he taught relegated the sensational to the sidelines and was reluctant to give a simple accounting of events, but strived on the contrary to pose and solve problems and, neglecting surface disturbances, to observe the long and medium-term evolution of economy, society and civilisation.

" Johnson said it was an invasion by federal authority of the rights of the states, it had no warrant in the Constitution and was contrary to all precedents.

In 416 BC the graphē paranómōn (" indictment against measures contrary to the laws ") was introduced.

It was contrary to Absalon's advice and warnings that Valdemar I rendered fealty to the emperor Frederick Barbarossa at Dole in 1162.

Carnegie's criticism of British society did not mean dislike ; on the contrary, one of Carnegie's ambitions was to act as a catalyst for a close association between the English-speaking peoples.

Related to this Mosel quotes the aged composer concerning the radical changes in musical taste that were underway in the age of Beethoven, " From that period 1800 I realized that musical taste was gradually changing in a manner completely contrary to that of my own times.

Capp, who by all accounts was contrary and contentious by nature, was a maverick politically.

Due to his innovations in computing the age of the world, he was accused of heresy at the table of Bishop Wilfrid, his chronology being contrary to accepted calculations.

Marlborough could not attack Dillingen because of a lack of siege guns – he was unable to bring any from the Low Countries, and Baden had failed to supply any despite assurances to the contrary.

Quite the contrary, Beatrix was devoted to the care of her small animals, often taking them with her on long holidays.

Milward's theory was completely contrary to Hitler's and German planners ' intentions.