Contrary to its design as a quintessential American town, Celebration does not have any road named Main Street.

Contrary to the thought that much of the local economy is now dominated by tourism, Ooty is still a supply base and market town for the surrounding area which is still largely dependent on agriculture, notably the cultivation of " English Vegetables " and " English Fruits " grown locally.

Contrary to their normal " hit and run " tactics, they occupied the town and claimed it for the prince by raising the Prince of Orange's flag above the city.

Contrary to popular belief, the town does not sit on a barrier island but on a narrow peninsula which resembles a barrier island ( unless one considers a narrow man-made boat canal well inland that connects White Creek to Little Assawoman Bay ).

Contrary to that, the summertime has lower temperatures than most places in the state, making the town a popular place to escape the heat.

Contrary to popular belief, Armour was never home to a meat packing plant ; the town was so named because Mr. Armour was also the chairman of the railroad that went through Armour and donated a bell to the local congregational church.

Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after or related to the Justin Boot Company.

Contrary to popular belief, Harman and Graham were two entirely separate towns until Harman changed its name to Bluefield, and then annexed the town of Graham.

Contrary to this theory, Franz Pfeiffer assumed that the singer was born in the Wipptal in South Tyrol, where, not far from the small town of Sterzing on the Eisack, a wood — called the Vorder-and Hintervogelweide — exists.

Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after the river ; rather, the river is named after the town.

Contrary to popular belief, the name of the town " Sweetwater " was not taken from The Wind, Victor Sjöström's silent epic.

Contrary to how most people now pronounce the name, that is to say phonetically, the ' z ' was an abbreviated character for a ' tch ' sound, as in the name of the town.

Contrary to local myth, Alice Liddell did not meet Carroll in the town, and was not told the Alice stories in the town.

Contrary to the agreed terms of surrender, the occupying troops killed a large number of the defenders and destroyed most of the town walls.

Contrary to Granny Weatherwax, and indeed the stereotype of witches in general, Nanny Ogg does not live in an isolated, crumbly rural cottage but in an expansive and well-looked after town house in the capital of Lancre ( with her eldest and youngest sons living to either side ), called Tir Nani Ogg (" Nanny Ogg's place ," and a pun on the Tír na nÓg, the Gaelic name for the Land of the Ever-Young ).

Contrary to what is often stated, she was not executed by the Nazis ; instead, on June 10, 1944, Winsloe and a woman companion were shot and killed by four Frenchmen in a forest near the country town of Cluny.

Contrary to popular belief that Tossa has traditionally been a fishing town, in medieval times and until the arrival of tourism, the local economy was mostly based on agricultural production, principally Grape vine and cork.

Contrary to the people of this small town believe, the first settlers in the area came from Bacon, Cagraray Island or Casiguran which are geographically situated near Manito.

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.

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

Contrary to what has been reported in other places, Lee envisioned the horns and strings from the beginning, and they were not added as an afterthought.

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 the Western perception of possession, a Loa has no need to remain in the horse ( possessed ritualist ).

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 this belief among the anti-evolution movement proponents, evolution of life forms beyond the species level (" macroevolution ", i. e. speciation in a specific case ) has indeed been observed multiple times under both controlled laboratory conditions and in nature.

Contrary to Malthus ' predictions and in line with his thoughts on moral restraint, natural population growth in most developed countries has diminished to close to zero, without being held in check by famine or lack of resources, as people in developed nations have shown a tendency to have fewer children.

Contrary to this one or any one opinion of any individual surgeon it has been shown that while there is a learning curve for a hand surgeon who begins to use an endoscopic technique to release the transverse carpal ligament no significant safety issues or morbididty associated with the endoscopic method exist.

Contrary to Weller's account, former Washington yell leader Tolly Allen has also claimed credit for the first wave.

Contrary to popular belief Trinity House is not ( and never has been ) part of HM Coastguard although it does work closely with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Contrary to that, the summertime has lower temperatures than most places in the state, making the county a popular place to escape the heat.

Contrary to popular belief, Matthew Lavelle of West Scranton, Pennsylvania, has no claim to the town's property.

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 popular opinion, the word has no connection to the word gutter.

Contrary to the tradition of most American dormitories, Danish dormitories in general, and the old dormitories in particular, only offer single rooms for rent, meaning no student has to share their room with others.

Contrary to popular belief, the title has nothing to do with the infamous New Jersey theme park, Action Park, which closed in 1996 due to numerous fatalities.

Contrary to its official goals, the US has suppressed research on drug usage, although the CIA researched regardless during MKULTRA.

Contrary to popular belief, the common law has been codified in many jurisdictions in many areas ; examples include the Law of General Obligations of New York State, the English law relating to marine insurance in the Marine Insurance Act 1906, which was originally judge-made common law, and the California Civil Code.

Contrary to popular belief, it has nothing the City of Solna's coat of arms.

( 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 his pompous name, Cust has not tasted real success.