Contrary to non-Cajun, or Continental, beliefs, gumbo does not mean simply " everything in the pot ".

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Contrary to popular beliefs involving him wishing to keep his music and techniques secret, Paganini devoted his time to the publication of his compositions and violin methods.

Contrary to popular beliefs, in West African vodun, spells are not cast upon someone.

Contrary to normal Western beliefs, Amin was informed of the Soviet decision to send troops into Afghanistan.

Contrary to some modern beliefs, the spring actually consisted of cold groundwater seeps rather than hot springs.

Contrary to previous beliefs, skill learning is not accomplished by shifting from one source of feedback to another, or reducing the importance of feedback for information critical to task performance.

Contrary to some beliefs, Sumner did not believe that warfare was a result of primitive societies ; he suggested that “ real warfare ” came from more developed societies.

Contrary to the popular image of an anti-communist, Letov himself claimed to be a " true communist ", a claim he did not abandon until the most recent change in his beliefs.

Contrary to some popular beliefs about " man-hating butch dykes ", lesbian feminist theory does not support the concept of female masculinity.

Contrary to popular beliefs, women are not the only gender to fake orgasms.

) Contrary to some beliefs, the movie " Mighty Ducks " was not filmed here.

Contrary to beliefs, the source of the river isn't in Etchemin Lake, but rather a little east of the lake itself, in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse.

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 some rumors, the Krag-Jørgensen action can be modified to fire modern, high power cartridges.

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 the claims of some antievolution proponents, evolution of life forms beyond the species level (" macroevolution ", i. e. speciation ) has indeed been observed and documented by scientists on numerous occasions.

Contrary to some common usage, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not synonymous: the Internet is the system of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections etc.

Contrary to some modern designs, the ancient menorah did not contain anything resembling seven candles as they did not exist then.

) Contrary to some reports, these transmissions were far from the first VHF telecasts.

Contrary to earlier observations, recent studies emerging from some developing countries ( India, Bangladesh and Indonesia ) have strongly suggested that dosing expectant mothers in the population in which vitamin A deficiency is common and maternal mortality is high can greatly reduce maternal mortality ratio Similarly, dosing newborn infants with 50, 000 IU ( 15 mg ) of vitamin A within 2 days of birth, can significantly reduce neonatal mortality

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 what fans and some media speculated, the two-track download was not new studio material.

Contrary to some erroneous writings, the Banyamulenge are neither an ethnic group nor a tribe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Contrary to some descriptions, no detailed accounts of the pilot characters ' backgrounds were written into the pilot storylines.

Contrary to some sources, no railway personnel by the name of Covington were employed on this project.

Contrary to myth, the council chamber set was not redressed as a pool in the movie Superman as Beneath was filmed in the United States and Superman was filmed entirely in the United Kingdom ( with the exception of some location shooting in Canada and New York City and some background plates of desert land ).

Contrary to some news reports that some band members were injured, lead singer Geoff Tate has said in several interviews that he was misquoted and none of the band members suffered any injuries.

Contrary to some other former Communist countries in Eastern Europe, the economic and social transformation in Slovenia pursued by Drnovšek's governments followed a gradualist approach.

Contrary to Saint Augustine, some philosophers propose that conscious experience is extended in time.

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

Contrary to some accounts, Meyer was never married to Kitten Natividad, his longtime companion and the star of his final two films.

Contrary to some assertions, he did not marry a fourth time.

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 perceptions of the development of the central and western San Fernando Valley as solely being a bedroom community for jobs in downtown Los Angeles and Burbank, Panorama City originally included General Motors ' largest assembly plant to date, as well as a Schlitz brewery that eventually came under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch.

Contrary to popular belief, however, the speech was not given at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California as a nomination speech for Barry Goldwater.

Contrary to his progressive nature, inquiring mind, and abolitionist politics, we find him describing a “ motherly mulatto woman ” as possessing “ the passive obedience of her race ;” or Mexicans in California described as originating from “ a nation of beggars-on-horseback ... the Spaniards, Greasers, and Mixed-Breeds ...;” or Chinese immigrants in “ a kennel of straggling houses ” with Ludlow imagining them “ finally ... swept away from San Francisco, and that strange Semitic race ... either exiled or swallowed up in our civilization ...;” or “ the natural, ingrained laziness of the Indians .”

Contrary to its name, this highway is a limited-access freeway in San Bernardino and Riverside counties ; in Los Angeles County it is only an expressway.

Contrary to the canonical Christian Gospels, and in accordance with the Islamic view of Jesus, this later " Gospel of Barnabas " states that Jesus was not the son of God, but a prophet and messenger.

Contrary to popular belief, the Louisiana code does not directly derive from the Napoleonic Code, as the latter was enacted in 1804, one year after the Louisiana Purchase.

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 popular belief John Hugenholtz cannot be credited with the design of the Zandvoort track, although he was involved as the Nederlandse Automobiel Ren Club chairman ( the Dutch Auto Racing Club ) before becoming the first track director in 1949.

Contrary to normal practice the book was written after the TV series was produced, although the line " Basis for the acclaimed public television triumph " is written on the front cover, using the program transcripts as reference.

Contrary to popular belief, the Marshall Plan, which was extended to also include Western Germany after it was realized that the suppression of the Western German economy was holding back the recovery of the rest of Europe, was not the main force behind the Wirtschaftswunder.

Contrary to Anton's assertions, the Pennant claim in 1790 was not the first time this had been discussed or put to print, as the Martin Martin texts predate Pennant by almost 100 years.

Contrary to America's policy which restrained armament ( limited equipment was provided for infantry and police forces ) to South Korea, Stalin extensively armed Kim Il Sung's North Korean army and air forces with military equipment ( to include T-34 / 85 tanks ) and " advisors " far in excess of those required for defensive purposes ) in order to facilitate Kim's ( a former Soviet Officer ) aim of conquering the rest of the Korean peninsula.

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.

" Yuri Modin, one of the KGB controllers of the Cambridge Five, agreed: " Contrary to received opinion, it was neither Guy Burgess nor one of our own agents who lured Philby into the toils of the Soviet espionage apparatus.

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

Contrary to mainstream Islam, the Ahmadis do not believe that Jesus is alive in heaven, but that he survived the crucifixion and migrated towards the east where he died a natural death and that Ghulam Ahmad was only the promised spiritual second coming and likeness of Jesus, the promised Messiah and Mahdi.

Contrary to von Moll's report, the fossil was not missing ; it was being studied by Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, who gave a public lecture about it on 27 December 1810.

Contrary to expectation, Đukanović's response to the power change in Belgrade was not to further push the agenda outlined in his Platform, but instead to suddenly start pushing for full independence, thus completely dropping the Platform in the process.

The joke was that " SECAM " stood for " Something exceedingly Contrary to the American Method " versus NTSC " Never Twice the Same Color " whilst " Peace At Last " or " Perfection At Last " could only be obtained through the PAL system.

Contrary to later biographers ' claims, she was never entirely blind, but perhaps suffered from cataracts.