Contrary to popular belief, the song is not autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City.

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 church doctrine, during late Antiquity and the early medieval period the host was sometimes placed in the mouth of a person already dead, perhaps owing to traditional superstition that scholars have compared to the pre-Christian custom of Charon's obol, a small coin placed in the mouth of the dead for passage to the afterlife and sometimes called a viaticum in Latin literary sources.

Contrary to the story in the book, he was not killed in action, but continued as a career Naval officer until retirement, and lived until early 1998.

Contrary to Froissart's view, the early Scottish chroniclers — Andrew of Wyntoun and Walter Bower ( who both utilised a source that was nearly contemporary with Robert II )— and later 15th and 16th century Scottish chroniclers and poets showed ' Robert II as a Scottish patriotic hero, a defender of the integrity of the Scottish kingdom, and as the direct heir to Robert I '.

Contrary to many opinions that voter backlash would occur, research early in the 2012 campaign indicated most voters found negative advertising informative and candidates benefited from negative advertising sponsored by PACs.

Contrary to popular belief, Moran managed to keep control of his territory and what remained of his gang through the end of Prohibition and through the early 1930s.

Contrary to Ball's later claim of authorship, Janco is also credited with having tailored the " bishop dress ", another one of the iconic products of early Dadaism.

* Contrary to early reports, Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse and Elijah Wood do not appear in the film's final cut.

Contrary to early concept art, the faction leaders in Beast Wars are not the same as the ones in the original cartoon series.

Contrary to popular belief, foreign cars had competed in NASCAR competition in the early days of the sanctioning body ; indeed, a Jaguar won a NASCAR-sanctioned race in the Grand National division ( predecessor to the modern Sprint Cup Series ) at a road course in Linden, New Jersey in 1954, according to commentator Mike Joy, and the last foreign-made car to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned event was an MG at one Grand National race in 1963 ( before Toyota entered the Nextel Cup Series at the beginning of the 2007 season.

Contrary to early optimism, plasma displays never saw the massive economies of scale that were expected, and remained expensive.

Contrary to Merriman's death in the movie, Slotin's accident and death occurred after the dropping of the two bombs on Japan, and his early death was feared by some as karma after the event ; see their respective articles.

Contrary to previous estate publications, Vanderbilt was an early and ardent driver ; documents show he " upgraded " to the ' 13 Duryea ( from the previous year's model ) because the newer car featured electric lamps ( as opposed to oils ).

Contrary to early expressionism, the focus isn't on angst and turmoil, but rather seeing the world anew, as Cagli described, through romantic imagination.

Contrary to popular myth, Robbins was not responsible for their foundation, with most of the applications for reclassification already accepted by the University Grants Committee in the later 1950s / early 1960s.

Contrary to early reports, PL was not the basis for the Chrysler PT Cruiser's PT platform.

Contrary to what is sometimes alleged, no eyewitness source refers to Crusaders killing Eastern Christians in Jerusalem, and early Eastern Christian sources ( Matthew of Edessa, Anna Comnena, Michael the Syrian, etc.

Contrary to the belief of early archaeologists, many of these sculptures were large polychrome terra-cotta images, such as the Apollo of Veii ( Villa Givlia, Rome ), but the painted surface of many of them has worn away with time.

Contrary to early eastern European archaeologists, like I. Kovrig and others, B. favoured the idea, that changes in ornaments and manufacturing of belts are not signs of new arriving ethnic groups in the Carpathian basin, but simply changes of fashion and lifetime of certain processes of production of goods-and not ethnic conclusions.

Contrary to its title, it was not entirely live, as several tracks were actually recorded in the studio, owing to flaws in the live recordings made in Boston and New York City in late 1965 and early 1966, but it still retained the feel of a live album, including song patter and audience reactions.

Contrary to widespread belief, the " G-E-C " sequence is not a reference to the General Electric Company ( now a minority shareholder in NBC's current parent company ), which did not acquire NBC until 1986 ; however, GE's radio station WGY in Schenectady, New York was an early NBC affiliate, and GE was an early shareholder in RCA, which founded NBC by creating it as a subsidiary.

Contrary to popular opinion, Yunick designed the first " safe wall " in the early 1960s using old tires between sheets of plywood but NASCAR did not adopt his idea.

Contrary to Bulgya's hopes, the reunion is a cool one.

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 Apple's belief these would be low-volume, by the end of 1987, 130, 000 such systems were in use.

Contrary to popular opinion, libertarian socialism has not traditionally been a utopian movement, tending to avoid dense theoretical analysis or prediction of what a future society would or should look like.

Contrary to popular belief, nobody would have been vapourised by the burst-the detonation occurred at over 500 m altitude and the fireball did not reach the ground.

Contrary to rumors that Franks had been sexually assaulted, the trial judge would later state that conclusive evidence convinced him that no abuse had been committed.

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 fashion of the day, Harry would not wear a hat.

Contrary to our impact biases, lotteries and paraplegia do not change experiences in the ways we think, or even to as great a degree as we would believe.

Contrary to what many would think that sports for women only started in 1978-79 there is evidence that it started much earlier than that.

Contrary to the intent of the Tripoli Program, Ben Bella saw the FLN as an elite vanguard party that would mobilize popular support for government policies and reinforce his increasingly personal leadership of the country.

Contrary to myth, they were not factory equipped with cold-air induction, as the Thunderbolt would be.

Contrary to reports, my remarks were not about Islam, but about Islamism – perhaps ' extremism ' would be a better term.

Contrary to statements that it would not raise its bid, on 23 May 2006, Deutsche Börse unveiled a merger bid for Euronext, valuing the pan-European exchange at € 8. 6 billion ( US $ 11b ), € 600 million over NYSE Group's initial bid.

Contrary to the popular belief that the war would be over by Christmas 1914, Kitchener predicted a long and brutal war.

Contrary to later editing of the series in rebroadcasts, the original format of the series was to introduce the successive episodes at the end of the just-finished broadcast for the successive week that would present and leave Penelope in the middle of a dangerous situation to overcome.

Contrary to right-wing claims, socialism would not take away the personal private property of workers ", but " the private ownership of major industries, financial institutions, and other large corporations, and the excessive luxuries of the super-rich.

Contrary to common belief, it was not the AFL, but the NFL that initiated discussions for a merger between the two leagues, as it was fearful that Davis ' " take no prisoners " tactics would seriously reduce its talent base.

Contrary to initial reports that SHADO HQ would be located underneath a Hollywood studio, director Gratzner confirmed in an interview that the base would be situated in Britain.

Contrary to a widespread misconception, the FUSAG deception was not primarily implemented with dummy tanks, airplanes, or other dummy equipment, since at that stage of the war the Germans were unable to fly reconnaissance planes over England and such effort would have been wasted.

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 popular belief, a complete reformat of the HDD is not necessary upon transfer of the HDD between consoles, or else it would not be useful to have the HDD be preformatted and have preinstalled software, as is the case with the North American HDD unit.

Contrary to this, the dates given in Xenogears Perfect Works would place Xenosaga's events in the year 7277.