Contra: a ) the sound development dz > dd is improbable ( Mendez Dosuna ); b ) ν has disappeared before ζ > δδ in Laconian ( Aristoph., Lys.

Contra: a few inscriptions do seem to suggest that ζ was pronounced like σδ ; furthermore, all words with written σδ are morphologically transparent, and written σδ may simply be echoing the morphology.

Contra: the use of a special symbol for is no more or no less improbable that the use of ψ for and ξ for, and such use of special letters may be justified by the fact that they are the only double sounds that could appear at a word initial.

Contra: a ) this may be a later development from or ; b ) even if it is derived from an ancient, it may be a dialectal pronunciation.

The name " Diablo wind " may have been coined from the observation that the wind blows into the inner Bay Area from the direction of the Diablo Valley in adjacent Contra Costa County, and mindful of the fiery, sensationalist connotation inherent in " devil wind ".

Contra may refer to:

"< ref >< cite > Contra Julianum, opus imperf .</ cite > 3. 199, < cite > CSEL </ cite > 85 / 1: 498 (< cite > PL </ cite > 45: 1333 ).</ ref > Even as late as Bede, we may suspect that " exsufflate " in the sense of " revile " or " cast off " may be a living metaphor .< ref >< cite > Historia ecclesiastica ,</ cite > in Charles Plummer, ed., < cite > Baedae opera historica </ cite > ( Oxford, 1896 ), 1: 2231 and 1: 7 ; cp.

It is commonly called the Pittsburg / Bay Point Line, though a few people may still call it the Concord Line, after its original termination point in Contra Costa County.

On July 14, 2006, San Francisco businessman and real estate investor Clint Reilly filed a lawsuit against Hearst Corp. ( owner of the San Francisco Chronicle ) and MediaNews Group ( owner of the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Marin Independent Journal, Oakland Tribune and all other paid-circulation dailies in the Bay Area ), alleging that the two companies have been conspiring to control advertising rates, a violation of antitrust laws.

Endangered plants which have historically occurred in the vernal pool areas in and around Vacaville include Legenre limosa, Plagiobothrys hystriculus, Downingia humilis, Contra Costa Goldfields ( Lasthenia conjugens ), and Showy Indian clover ( Trifolium amoenum ).

Phantom black " panthers " have been reported across the state, and are seen with particular frequency at and around Mount Diablo, in Contra Costa County, California.

However, other accounts note that this group in Miami was also relieved at Somoza's death because the newly-founded Contra army, which consisted of many ex-members of Somoza's National Guard, would have to give the impression of having no relation to the old Somoza regime, for purposes of public relations and world opinion.

In 365, he published the Contra Arianos vel Auxentium Mediolanensem liber, in connection with the controversy ; and also ( but perhaps at a somewhat earlier date ) the Contra Constantium Augustum liber, in which he pronounced that lately deceased emperor to have been the Antichrist, a rebel against God, " a tyrant whose sole object had been to make a gift to the devil of that world for which Christ had suffered.

Leading members of DA have been Carl G Holm, founder of the magazine Contra, and Tommy Hansson, currently editor of Contra.

Though he claims to have been opposed to the sale on principle, Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran during the Iran – Contra affair.

Contra: a ) The most prominent example of a verb beginning with στ has in fact < * se-in the perfect reduplication (); b ) the words with / ts / > σ ( σ ) also have: Homer, Ion.

# Alcman, Sappho, Alcaeus and Theocritus have σδ for Attic-Ionic ζ. Contra: The tradition would not have invented this special digraph for these poets if was the normal pronunciation in all Greek.

Contra: whether the prononciation of was, or, di would probably still have been the closest native Latin sound ; furthermore, the inscriptions are centuries later than the time for which is assumed.

There have been three independent counsels of this type regarding the following: the Iran / Contra investigation in 1987 ( sec.

Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams, an ardent proponent of the Contra War, echoed that view, saying that Linder should have known better than to be in a combat zone.

His treatise is lost, but quotes survive in the attack written somewhat later by Origen, Contra Celsum (" Against Celsus "): " While some of the Christians proclaim they have the same god as do the Jews, others insist that there is another god higher than the creator-god and opposed to him.

The two cities of Pinole and Hercules are each represented by two board members, while the unincorporated communities of Crockett, Rodeo, and MonTaraBay each have one representative, appointed by the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors.

The city of Richmond's redevelopment agency and Contra Costa County have been trying to revitalize the community's main roads, 3rd and Filbert Streets.

It numbers would have likely declined even more drastically had the variety not capture the interest of Rhone Rangers in the late 20th century who began seeking out old vine plantings of the variety in vineyards Contra Costa County.

The City and County of San Francisco, the Alameda – Contra Costa Transit District ( AC Transit ), and the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board ( Caltrain ) have proposed to replace the currently underutilized and outdated building with an entirely new and more functional building at roughly the same location.

Additionally, militants associated with the CANF, such as Luis Posada Carriles ( who claims to have been funded by Jorge Mas Canosa ) and his Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations ( CORU ) group, and the Contras ( Pepe Hernández having been a Contra combatant, and several CANF members having ostensibly provided them with humanitarian aid ), have been accused of large-scale drug trafficking.

None of the companies have credited the original authors of the program, with exception of Wayforward Technologies in Contra 4 published by Konami.

The earlier date, 293, is sometimes assigned and apparently supported by the authority of a " Coptic Fragment " ( published by Dr. O. von Lemm among the Mémoires de l ' académie impériale des sciences de S. Péterbourg, 1888 ) and corroborated by the maturity revealed in his two earliest treatises Contra Gentes ( Against the Heathens ) and De Incarnatione ( On the Incarnation ), which were admittedly written about the year 318 before Arianism had begun to make itself felt, as those writings do not show an awareness of Arianism.

An influential report on Contra atrocities was issued by lawyer Reed Brody shortly before the 1985 U. S. Congressional vote on Contra aid.

The original settlement in what is now the downtown was initially called " Contra Costa " (" opposite shore ", the Spanish name for the lands on the east side of the Bay ) and was included in Contra Costa County before Alameda County was established on March 25, 1853.

In California's Contra Costa County and Solano County, a shoreline necklace of refineries, built in the early 20th century before this area was populated, and associated chemical plants are adjacent to urban areas in Richmond, Martinez, Pacheco, Concord, Pittsburg, Vallejo and Benicia, with occasional accidental events that require " shelter in place " orders to the adjacent populations.

Writer Mark Hertsgaard cited the Times as having the Iran Contra story a year before it broke ( in November 1986 ) but wrote that Rosenthal killed the story because of his support for Ronald Reagan.

On the other side of the tunnel, SR 24 travels through unincorporated Contra Costa County before entering Orinda.

Contra put Getafe ahead just before halftime, but in the 89th minute Franck Ribéry equalised, sending the game into extra time.

The fire burned for several hours before being brought under control by firefighters from departments throughout the central Contra Costa County region.

His exclusive reports included combat coverage of the first town to fall to Sandinista rebels, the first delivery of U. S. gunships to El Salvador, the first visit to Contra camps in Honduras, and the last interview with Sister Ita Ford before her murder by the Salvadoran military.

The S / LPD said it helped write an anti-Sandinista column for the Wall Street Journal that ran two days earlier ; assisted in a " positive piece " on the Contras by Fred Francis that aired the night before on NBC ; wrote op-eds for the Washington Post and New York Times that would run with the bylines of Contra leaders ; arranged an extensive media tour for a Contra leader " through a cut-out " ( to hide the S / LPD's role ); and prepared to leak a State Department cable that would embarrass the Sandinistas: " Do not be surprised if this cable somehow hits the evening news.

Its sister ship, the Solano ( built before the Contra Costa ) was the second largest train ferry ever built.

The Japanese version, titled Contra: The Hard Corps, was made significantly easier than its North American counterpart due to the addition of a life gauge that allows the player to take three hits from an enemy before losing a life.

Different rules also exist which allow opponents to give Contra before they play their own very first card or that Re etc.

( 1987 ) " Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran / Contra Affair "

The Pittsburg / Bay Point – SFO Line line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system serves the surrounding area using the Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre Station with an adjacent to Interstate 680.

The area has been undergoing a series of transit-oriented development projects under the auspices of the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village public / private partnership.

Contra: these words are rare and it is therefore more probable that * zd was absorbed by * dz (< * dj, * gj, * j ); further, a change from the cluster / zd / to the affricate / dz / is typologically more likely than the other way around ( which would violate the sonority hierarchy ).

Many of the NES / Famicom's bestselling titles were produced by Konami, including Gradius, the Castlevania series, the Contra series, and Metal Gear.

Genre-defining titles attributed to Konami include the vampire-hunting side scroller Castlevania series, the survival horror Silent Hill series, the action / shooter Contra series, the platform / adventure Ganbare Goemon series, the espionage action Metal Gear series, the console role-playing Suikoden series, the music-oriented Bemani series ( which includes Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Pop ' n Music, among others ) and the dating simulation Tokimeki Memorial series.

Other controversial uses of the pardon power include Andrew Johnson's sweeping pardons of thousands of former Confederate officials and military personnel after the American Civil War, Jimmy Carter's grant of amnesty to Vietnam-era draft dodgers, George H. W. Bush's pardons of 75 people, including six Reagan administration officials accused and / or convicted in connection with the Iran – Contra affair, and Bill Clinton's commutation of sentences for 16 members of FALN in 1999 and of 140 people on his last day in office, including billionaire fugitive Marc Rich.

* Uremia EP ( 1992 ), 7 " live recording, limited to 500 copies with 2 tracks: Side A: " Mi Stroke Il Cigaretto " / Side B: " Porco Dio Contra Mancini / Il Forzo Del 1000 Finger / Junior High Introduction "

Konami would follow their releases with Operation C for the Game Boy in, Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Super NES and Contra Force for the NES both in, and Contra: Hard Corps for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in.