Contrary to claims of homosexual terminology, Sir Donald Sinden, an actor who met two of the play's original cast ( Irene Vanbrugh, Gwendolen and Allan Aynesworth, Algernon ), and Lord Alfred Douglas, wrote to The Times to dispute suggestions that " Earnest " held any sexual connotations:

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 original Altair BASIC, most home computer BASICs were resident in ROM, and thus were available on the machines at power-on in the form of the characteristic "" prompt.

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.

At any rate, American Black Ducks and local Mallards are now very hard to distinguish by means of microsatellite comparisons, even if many specimens are sampled Contrary to this study's claims, the question whether the American haplotypes are an original Mallard lineage is far from resolved.

Contrary to the common erroneous belief, the original destination was He Long's communist base in Hubei, and the final destination Yan ' an was not decided on until much later during the Long March, well after the rise of Mao Zedong.

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 popular belief, Jefferies did not create Star Trek < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s original shuttlecraft design.

< small >< nowiki >*</ nowiki > Contrary to popular belief, Steve London's character of Untouchable Jack Rossman ( played in the " Scarface Mob " pilot by Paul Dubov ), was in the series since the original season 1 series episode, " The Empty Chair ", not from Season 2 on as is commonly reported.

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 popular belief, this " television version " made no use of material originally left out of the theatrical release ( save one brief scene featuring Victoria Principal and Reb Brown ), but rather new footage was shot some two years after the original, using some of the stars from the theatrical version.

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 the original description, in 2011 it was established that the sacrum consisted of two vertebrae, the ancestral condition, not four.

Contrary to the Ptolemaic cosmology of the original book by his father, the appendix featured a detailed discussion of the controversial and still poorly known Copernican heliocentric model of the Universe.

Contrary to popular belief, it was not the original home of the current NFL franchise of the same name ( the home of those Bengals in 1968 and 1969 was nearby Nippert Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati ).

Contrary to popular misconceptions, none of the original Dancing Baby animation data were created using motion capture.

Contrary to Lathrop's original ideas, the final version of the law did not provide any financial aid or medical care.

Contrary to the original play, the corrupt cops are not just passive soothsayers.

Contrary to popular belief that the construction of the Alaska Highway commenced in Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson was the original mile 0 on the Alaska Highway because of the existence of a previously constructed road from Fort Saint John to Fort Nelson.

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 the original books, the series isn't strictly environment-themed, having stories that range from having a new pet or helping their friends, to address themes like children with divorced parents, Down's Syndrome and cerebral palsy.

( Contrary to BCI's statements, the original English dubs were complete and uncut, except for a small cut in the conclusion of Episode 36, " Gift From The Sky.

Contrary to its brand management based moniker, the original KQLZ on 100. 3FM wasn't an actual pirate radio station.

Contrary stories also exist regarding the breakup of the original Days of the New.

Contrary to popular belief, the algorithm does not explicitly assign particular character states to nodes ( branch junctions ) on a tree: the least number of steps can involve multiple, equally costly assignments and distributions of evolutionary transitions.

Contrary to other rasterizers, Quartz ignores any Postscript or TrueType hints in the font and solely relies on its own algorithm.

Contrary to the views of his colleague and friend Alan Turing, whose work at The University of Manchester prepared the way for the first modern computer, he denied that minds are reducible to collections of rules.

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 the response of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, whose son and heir by another granddaughter of Queen Victoria was similarly afflicted, Alfonso is alleged never to have forgiven Victoria Eugenie nor to have come to terms with what had happened.

Contrary to Gyeongbokgung whose main buildings are arranged in accurate architectural principle, however, buildings in Changdeokgung are disposed more freely without a regular system.

Contrary to many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a " slam-bang " type of boxer (" Slam-Bang " is a term that is used to describe boxers whose fights are usually action-packed ; Mexican boxers are usually stereotyped as " slam-bangers ").

Contrary to silicon solar cells, whose performance declines with increasing temperature, the dye-sensitized solar-cell devices were only negligibly influenced when increasing the operating temperature from ambient to 60 ° C.

( Contrary to the popular concept of common ownership organisations as being small organisations, this is a high-technology chemical manufacturer whose turnover has exceeded £ 100 million per annum since the early 1990s with a workforce of hundreds.

Contrary to operating system user interfaces, for which look and feel is a part of the product identification, Widget toolkits often allow users to specialize their application look and feel, by deriving the default look and feel of the toolkit, or by completely defining their own.

Contrary to popular belief, the standard cat was not the most feared implement ; being made of rope, it was less painful than a leather whip or a wooden birch-rod, while the modes of application ( number and intensity of lashes, anatomical target, baring ) of any implement can be more important than its intrinsic potential.

Contrary to the popular story, Gray's caveat was taken to the US Patent Office a few hours before Bell's application.

Contrary to the common usage of " downtown " in other cities, this historic application of the term excluded the New Orleans Central Business District.

Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence to support the assertion that the blue laws were originally printed on blue paper.

Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter.

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 popular belief, the airport is located completely on French soil.

Contrary to popular belief, Crux is not opposite to Ursa Major.

Contrary to the popular belief that indoctrination is inconsistent with democracy, Chomsky goes so far as to argue that ' it's the essence of democracy.

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 what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance.

Contrary to popular belief, " Dr ." is not part of the name but just an academic title like " Mag.

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 a popular misconception that software is either free or commercial, they are unrelated traits, since free software can be commercial and proprietary software can be non-commercial.

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 misuse, the word " colt " refers to a young male horse only ; " filly " is a young female.

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 pre-existing Cartesian philosophy, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception.

Contrary to tweening, every frame of a keyframed computer animation is directly modified or manipulated by the creator, such that no tweening has actually occurred.

* Temporal / timing performance: Contrary to spatial performance, temporal performance is a feature where smaller is better.

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 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 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 popular belief there is no evidence that Regiomontanus ever erected an observatory, however he did found the world's first scientific printing press and in 1472 he published the first printed astronomical textbook, the Theoricae novae Planetarum of his teacher Georg von Peurbach.

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