Contrary to popular belief, although the name was chosen as an acknowledgement of the 1940s character, it was not the original intent of the creators for this to be the same character.

Contrary to popular belief, Marx does not base his LTV on what he dismisses as " ascribing a supernatural creative power to labor ", arguing in the Critique of the Gotha Program that:

Contrary to the popular image of rowers chained to the oars, conveyed by movies such as Ben Hur, there is no evidence that ancient navies ever made use of condemned criminals or slaves as oarsmen, with the possible exception of Ptolemaic Egypt.

Contrary to the popular image of the chained convict, as conveyed in the novel Ben Hur, there is no evidence that ancient navies ever made use of condemned criminals as oarsmen.

Contrary to what the report claimed, shortly after the accident and until his death Webb maintained that " We saw no flagman or fusees, we heard no torpedoes.

Contrary to statutory and legal limitations, once the network in authority in the CIA saw its interests threatened, Wisner was directed to unleash Mockingbird on McCarthy.

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

Contrary to Lorentz, Poincaré saw more than a mathematical trick in the definition of local time, which he called Lorentz's " most ingenious idea ".

Contrary to popular belief, the stormtroopers are not in fact the army, but rather an elite corps that works as a ground force for the Navy -- similar to a marine corps.

Contrary to their designated function as an elite raiding force, the Rangers had been involved in much of the front line fighting around the Anzio beachhead.

Contrary to mainstream historians, Belien depicts an artificial state, called into existence by the Belgian revolution of 1830, and led by rather ruthless kings and a corrupt political elite ever since.

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 the current line of his party, Helmut Schmidt is a determined opponent of Turkey's entry into the EU.

" ( Contrary to myth, Gorton did not exercise a casting vote, as such a vote was not possible under party rules.

Contrary to his uncle, Justin relied completely on the support of the aristocratic party.

Contrary to popular assumptions, however, it was not the official anthem of the wartime Slovak Republic ( 1939 – 1945 ), but it was greatly favored by the ruling party ( Slovakia's official anthem remained Nad Tatrou sa blýska during that period ).

Contrary to de Gaulle's fears, his party won the greatest victory in French parliamentary history in the legislative election held in June, taking 353 of 486 seats versus the Communists ' 34 and the Socialists ' 57.

Contrary to popular belief, it does not stem from the famous 1922 meeting in which Conservative MPs successfully demanded that the party withdraw from the coalition government of David Lloyd George.

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 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 the official party line, Rudolf Lindau supported the theory that the German Revolution had a Socialist tendency.

Contrary to Liberal party policy, he expressed anti-abortion views, and also supported the death penalty.

Contrary to popular belief, however, the party was never officially registered with the Election Authority.

Contrary to certain reports, Medina-Mora is not and has never been affiliated with any political party.

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 early hopes that seabed mining would generate extensive revenues for both the exploiting countries and the Authority, no technology has yet been developed for gathering deep-sea minerals at costs that can compete with land-based mines.

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 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 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 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.