Contrary to popular belief in American and British circles, the Luftwaffe was not " the hand maiden of the German Army ".

Contrary to the harsh measures taken by French occupation troops, the British acted with more tact towards the local population.

Contrary to its normal migration routine, large flocks of Canada Geese have established permanent residence in Esquimalt, British Columbia, on Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia's James River regions, and in the Triangle area of North Carolina ( Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill ), and nearby Hillsborough.

Contrary to popular belief, the borders of Palestine were not defined in the texts of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, The San Remo conference, The Treaty of Sèvres, the Treaty of Lausanne, or even by the British Mandate of Palestine.

Contrary to popular misconception, the Rockies do not extend north into Yukon or Alaska, or west into central British Columbia.

Contrary to popular belief, the French did not have orders to claim Terra Australis for France and the arrival of the French ships Astrolabe and Boussole and their meeting with the ships of the British expedition was cordial and followed normal protocols.

Contrary to popular belief, Roy has not been awarded a CBE-or indeed, any other British Empire medal-as of April 18th 2012.

Contrary to the advice of several British officials such as Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, the Boer governments were not over-awed by the despatch of British troops to Natal.

Contrary to popular belief, Selous did not lead Theodore Roosevelt ’ s 1909 expedition to British East Africa, the Congo and Egypt.

Contrary to these reports, a large army of South Wexford rebels had gathered on Forth Mountain and were well aware of the advancing British redcoats.

Contrary to popular belief, the Norman conquest of England had little effect on British weights and measures other than to introduce one new unit: the bushel.

Contrary to the practice in many constitutional monarchies, the Emperor of Japan is not even the nominal chief executive.

Contrary to the convention elsewhere the PNGDF does not have a nominal Commander-in-Chief.

Contrary to the convention used by many other manufacturers, TI labeled the most significant address and data lines " A0 " and " D0 ", respectively.

Contrary to the usual convention, T may not be defined on the whole space B < sub > 1 </ sub >.

Contrary to critics beliefs this model is used to determine how to proceed in situations that are detrimental to the environment in the way that is least damaging and has the fewest lasting implications .< ref name =" Diversity "> Silveira, Stacy J.

Contrary to most other scripts used for Semitic languages, Linear A presents many written vowels.

Contrary to popular belief, vinegar cannot be used as a detoxification agent to circumvent urinalysis testing for cannabis.

Contrary to popular belief, the long staircase is not the same one used by The Three Stooges in their 1941 film An Ache in Every Stake.

" Contrary to the popular perception of Brian as the liberator of Ireland from foreign dominance, he purposely used outsiders to expand his authority.

Contrary to Harvard architecture designs, however, which use separate buses, the 4004, with its need to keep pin count down, used a single multiplexed 4-bit bus for transferring:

Contrary to popular belief the house used for the exterior shots is not located in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, but is in fact located in Brentwood, at 251 North Bristol Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Contrary to statements that the R-7 was based largely on experience and assistance of German scientists, the missile is noteworthy for looking beyond past achievements that had used German ideas.

Contrary to an often repeated rumor that the band name originated from a Ouija Board, the name was inspired by the band's attendance of a Slade concert, where Petersson commented that the band used " every cheap trick in the book " as part of their act.

Contrary to popular belief, the white fleurs-de-lis are not taken from the banner of the kings of France, who used golden ones.

Contrary to popular belief, the " sword " is not used to spear, but instead may be used to slash at its prey in order to injure the prey animal, to make for an easier catch.

Contrary to the vast majority of IM and presence protocols used by software deployed today, SIMPLE is an open standard like XMPP.

Contrary to common modern belief, however, stirrups actually did not enable the horseman to use a lance more effectively ( cataphracts had used lances since antiquity ), though the cantled saddle did.

Contrary to popular belief however, the original source sprite was not named " guy. brush " as the file extension used was ". bbm " and not ". brush ".

Contrary to a popularly held belief, cranes on medieval building sites were neither placed on the extremely lightweight scaffolding used at the time nor on the thin walls of the Gothic churches which were incapable of supporting the weight of both hoisting machine and load.

Contrary to the traditional locks, OpLocks are not used in order to provide mutual exclusion.

Contrary to proto-orthodox Christianity, Cerinthus's school followed the Jewish law, used the Gospel according to the Hebrews, denied that the Supreme God had made the physical world, and denied the divinity of Jesus.

Contrary to some sources, there was never any CGI used in these later episodes.

Contrary to previous HP RPN calculators, which had a fixed four-level stack, the stack used by RPL is only limited by available calculator RAM.

Contrary to some contemporary western accounts, the Chinese did not use human wave tactics, rather, using a tactic known as ' one-point-two sides ', they used massed forces and infiltration to achieve local numerical superiority and to penetrate the gaps between the forward companies, before attempting to envelop the Australians while drawing their fire to the front, away from their threatened flanks.

Contrary to ordinary coincident-current magnetic core memory, which was used for RAM at the time, the ferrite cores in a core rope are just used as transformers.

Contrary to received opinion, 16 frame / s-though sometimes used as a camera shooting speed-was dangerously inadvisable for projection, due to the high risk of the nitrate-base prints catching fire in the projector.

Contrary to their teaching, the Old Testament scripture shows that God specifically asked for instruments rather than merely tolerating an evil.

Contrary to the dominant lay ministry that existed in the Nephite culture, Nehor established a church in which priests were given a separate social status and were paid for their ministry.

Contrary to the modern-day picture of the traditional tyrannical pirate, he commanded his vessels with the permission of their crews and there is no known account of his ever having harmed or murdered those he held captive.

Contrary to Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro-capitalism, Chiang Kai-shek antagonized the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government.

Contrary to brownian motion, which is the diffusion of a single particle, interactions between particles may have to be considered, unless the particles form an ideal mix with their solvent ( ideal mix conditions correspond to the case where the interactions between the solvent and particles are identical to the interactions between particles and the interactions between solvent molecules ; in this case, the particles do not interact when inside the solvent ).

Contrary to a popular misconception — that hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep — contemporary research suggests that hypnotic subjects are fully awake and are focusing attention, with a corresponding decrease in their peripheral awareness.

Contrary to false Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro capitalist, Chiang Kai-shek was the enemy and behaved in an antagonist manner to the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government, even while he was fighting the communists.

Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species, such as the reticulated python, P. reticulatus, do not crush their prey to death ; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed.

Contrary to the behaviouralist approach to understanding the elements of cognitive processes, gestalt psychology sought to understand their organization as a whole, studying perception as a process of figure and ground.

Contrary to the accepting nature of the Ptolemaic empire towards native religions and customs, the Seleucids gradually tried to force Hellenization upon the Jewish people in their territory by outlawing Judaism.

Contrary to the typical steganographic methods which utilize digital media ( images, audio and video files ) as a cover for hidden data, network steganography utilizes communication protocols ' control elements and their basic intrinsic functionality.

Contrary to the popular belief that more women are repeat victims, and thus more victim-prone than men, actually men in their prime ( 24 to 34 year old males ) are more likely to be victims of repeated crimes.

Contrary to the practice at the time of retiring partners removing their capital from the firm, Hollingworth left his capital with the firm in trust to Jardine and Matheson.

Contrary to the fashion industry's celebrity trend of the previous decade, lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret continues to groom and launch young talents into supermodel status, awarding their high-profile " Angels " multi-year, multi-million-dollar contracts.

Contrary to what she later claimed, they came to an amicable agreement over their son's custody.

Contrary to some early expectations, Downes did not perform with Yes, although their set list included two songs from the 1980 album Drama, which featured Downes on keys.

Contrary to their demonized public image, many hallucinogens and psychedelics have shown vastly better potential for actual curing of mental diseases that current medications only temporarily fix and in most cases worsen over time.

Contrary to their normal " hit and run " tactics, they occupied the town and claimed it for the prince by raising the Prince of Orange's flag above the city.

Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species do not crush their prey to death ; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed.

Contrary to the tight production and song-oriented nature of Glass Harp's studio albums, their live performances demonstrated the band's ability to stretch out and expand the boundaries of their compositions.

Contrary to the tight production and song-oriented nature of their studio albums, the band's live shows at the time demonstrated Glass Harp's ability to stretch out and expand the boundaries of their compositions.