Contrary to the thinking of 30 to 40 years ago, when all malocclusion was blamed on some unfortunate habit, recent studies show that most tooth irregularity has at least its beginning in hereditary predisposition.

Contrary to popular simplifications ( present also in some academic texts ), not all CISCs are microcoded or have " complex " instructions.

Contrary to popular belief, the maquiladora program was in place far before NAFTA, in some sense dating all the way back to 1965.

Contrary to all other birds who store the urine and faeces combined in the coprodeum, they store the faeces in the terminal rectum.

Contrary to most Walkman lines, Sony Ericsson Walkman Phones did not support Sony's proprietary audio format, ATRAC ( with all of its variants, except certain Japanese models supporting ATRAC ).

While she beats almost all the men in the foot race, she ties Young John, who is then awarded her hand in marriage by the King ( Contrary to the original story in which he cheated in the race by winning a goddess ' favor ).

Contrary to the beliefs of some, San Francisco's Chinatown was nearly, but not completely destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, nor did all of its inhabitants relocate elsewhere.

All persons born in the United States ... are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and such citizens of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery ... shall have the same right in every State ... to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Contrary to what had been intended at its conception, the declaration made no direct mention of the Emperor at all.

Contrary to the image of monochrome barrenness that most people associate with deserts, the landscape is spectacular, with its crisscrossing hills and mountains of all shapes and sizes, each with a unique hue depending on its mineral composition, its distance from the observer, and the time of day.

Contrary to some of his predecessors and his successor as the Finnish President, Ahtisaari ended all of his New

Contrary to the Milesian school, who would have one stable element at the root of all, Heraclitus taught that " everything flows " or " everything is in flux ," the closest element to this flux being fire ; he also extended the teaching that seeming opposites in fact are manifestations of a common substrate to good and evil itself.

Contrary to popular belief, not all areas of England had open-field farming in the medieval period.

Contrary to what is sometimes claimed in introductory physics textbooks, it is possible for symmetric operators to have no eigenvalues at all ( although the spectrum of any self-adjoint operator is nonempty ).

Contrary to later legend, the words " virgin ," " mistress ," and " pregnant ," all of which had been in the original play's dialogue, were not singled out as objectionable.

Contrary to other régions of France, in Midi-Pyrénées there exist no other regional city that can rival Toulouse, so all turn toward Toulouse, which is seen as the cultural, economical, and political center.

Contrary to CO, virtually all other techniques ( when not combined with CO ) are prone to distributed deadlocks ( also called global deadlocks ) which need special handling.

Contrary to an older hypothesis, all evidence indicates that the European hinged stern-mounted rudder, whose technical specifications considerably differ from the Chinese one, was invented independently:

* Contrary to what opinion polls and political pundits were predicting, the Progressive Democrats kept all of their seats, and picked up four more.

Contrary to these though, he can be very charming, but this is all a front so he can double-cross people.

( Contrary to what has been said by some imprecise sources, jazz, African Americans, and New Orleans bands had all been recorded earlier, but Nordskog captured the first instance of those three elements in one place at the same time.

Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, the Barn Owl does not eat domestic animals on any sort of regular basis ; it might snatch a young chicken or guinea pig once or twice in its life, if at all.

Contrary to the contrast between adult and child markets, reflected in catalogues, The Guardian observed on the occasion of the Carnegie Medal that " he main audience for Pratchett's 48 books, all busily in print, is teenagers, who are drawn by his irrepressible invention and sense of mischief.

Contrary to popular misconception and misuse, mucus and phlegm are not the same all the time

Contrary to these expectations we have found it impossible to obtain the degree of reproducibility one would wish, even with extensive efforts to prepare especially pure reagents.

Contrary to the expectations of many outside the party, the SNP is not expressly republican, and its general view is that this is an issue secondary to that of Scottish independence.

Contrary to outsider expectations, the Turkish populace is not uniformly averse to coups ; many welcome the ejection of governments they perceive as unconstitutional .< ref >

Contrary to Burton's expectations, the " intelligent epic " was a wooden, slow-paced flop.

Contrary to the expectations of his public school education, Trooper 23354249 Rushton W G refused a commission.

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 her expectations, Onegin does not write back.

Contrary to expectations, the Liberal Party's support base declined significantly in mid-campaign.

Contrary to the Race's expectations, at the time of the invasion the Race's technology is only marginally more advanced than current 20th century Earth technology.

Contrary to MacArthur's expectations, the Chinese intervened in force ; first in a series of ambushes, then in sporadic night attacks, and finally in an all-out offensive in which large Chinese forces infiltrated the lines, taking advantage of the American failure to take basic security measures, and the large intervals between American and South Korean units and between the Eighth Army and the X Corps.

Contrary to its creators ' expectations, Unity's election campaign was a huge success, and the party received 23. 3 % of the votes, considerably more than OVR's 13. 3 % and within one percentage point of the Communist Party's 24. 3 %.

Contrary to expectations, the River Thames landmark named Blackwall Point is not located in Blackwall district but on the northern tip of Greenwich Peninsula, which is south of the Thames.

Contrary to expectations, Hazel had not lost much intensity: winds of were measured in parts of Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Contrary to Stalin's expectations, the vast number of party officials and military officers lost during Yezhov's purges had been only partially made good by replacement with trusted Stalinist functionaries, and he eventually recognized that the disruption was severely affecting the country's ability to coordinate industrial production and defend its borders from the growing threat of Nazi Germany.

Contrary to police expectations, no rioting of any sort occurred and the final day of the festival was celebrated by the remaining visitors in a way that has been compared to the Burning Man.

Contrary to Truman's expectations, however, Martin guarded the Fed's independence, not just through Truman's administration but also through the four administrations that would follow.

Contrary to expectations, however, Kasparov's game produced a mixture of deep tactical and strategic ideas, and although Kasparov won, he admitted that he had never expended as much effort on any other game in his life.

Contrary to expectations, despite being produced in adipose tissue, adiponectin was found to be decreased in obesity.

Contrary to the expectations of Westerners who envisioned the GDR as run down, Interhotels ( especially the Metropol and Grand Hotels in East Berlin, the Bellevue in Dresden and the Merkur in Leipzig ) met or exceeded international standards for hotel accommodations.

The inactivity of the Red Army directly in front of Warsaw elicited this reaction of amazement from Germans, recorded in the operations journal of German 9th Army on 16 August 1944: Contrary to our expectations, the enemy has halted all of their offensive actions alongside the entire front of the 9th Army.

Contrary to Clarke's expectations, there was no latent undercurrent of support for joining the League, only skepticism and hostility to the idea.

Contrary to the expectations of Weyler, the cruel reconcentration encouraged many people to join to the Liberation army, preferring to die in battle than in starvation.

Contrary to expectations, and unlike in the Bahamas where US dollars circulated concurrently with sterling, the Bermudas did not allow themselves to be drawn into the U. S. currency area.

Contrary to Jackson's expectations, no avowed secessionist delegates were elected.