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contrast and knows
By contrast, if the bridge actually supported his weight then he might say he " thought " that the bridge was safe, and now after proving it to himself, he knows.
In contrast to this approach, Wittgenstein observed, following Moore's paradox, that one can say " He believes it, but it isn't so ", but not " He knows it, but it isn't so ".
This is in contrast to the unconditioned, uncompounded and unfabricated nirvana, the reality that knows no change, decay or death.

contrast and Goths
In contrast with the Swedes, the Danes of this era did not forward claims to political legitimacy based on assertions that their country was the original homeland of the Goths or that the conquest of the Roman Empire was proof of their own country's military valour and power through history.

contrast and live
In contrast, organisms that live in more moderate environments may be termed mesophiles or neutrophiles.
The Marvel Universe was also notable for setting its central titles in New York City ; by contrast, many DC heroes live in fictional cities.
By contrast, different subspecies of the same species can theoretically interbreed with one another and will produce fully fertile and healthy offspring but in practice do not, as they live in different regions or reproduce in different seasons.
By contrast, Buddhism does not encourage or discourage marriage, although it does teach how one might live a happily married life and emphasizes that marital vows are not to be taken lightly.
By contrast, those who stand to benefit from the new order will be less fierce in their support, because the new order is unfamiliar and they are not certain it will live up to its promises.
In another review Jenkins said that the band's live songs " frequently veer into more cacophonous, guitar-dominated territory ", in contrast to lighter albums like Cobra and Phases Group ....
The contrast between mind and body can be seen in the dissatisfaction each has with their previous relationships: Constance's lack of intimacy with her husband who is " all mind " and Mellors's choice to live apart from his wife because of her " brutish " sexual nature.
On July 19, 2008, WGN-TV became the third Chicago station to broadcast its newscasts in high definition, and debuted new on-air graphics ( as of July 2010, WGN-TV is the first station in Chicago to broadcast all locally-originated portions of its newscasts, including live field reports, in high definition ; in contrast to the other major English-language news stations in Chicago who all broadcast in-studio segments in HD and live field footage in 16: 9 widescreen standard definition ).
In contrast to the duo's other official live releases ( The Concert in Central Park, Old Friends: Live on Stage, and Live 1969 ), this recording features Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performing alone.
According to music writers, the genre's works are mostly album-oriented and distinguished by its musicianship and production, incorporating " organic " elements of classic soul music with the use of live instrumentation, in contrast to the more single-oriented, hip hop-based, and producer-driven sampling approach of contemporary R & B.
In contrast, the mean hourly wage of those who live in the North is lower by about $ 1. 67 and is about $ 7. 14 ($ 8. 81 − $ 1. 67 ).
They are called " land plants " because they live primarily in terrestrial habitats, in contrast with the related green algae that are primarily aquatic.
The decision, made by the network's vice president of broadcasting, John M. Schneider, specifically related to the testimony of George F. Kennan not being shown, in contrast to NBC News, which was showing it live.
Criteria that support the non-Christian origin of the letter include the observation that " king of the Jews " was not a Christian title, and that the letter's premise that Jesus lives on based on the wisdom of his teachings is in contrast to the Christian concept that Jesus continues to live through his resurrection.
Prior to his accession, in his youth he made it a point to live and look like a poor scholar and dervish, in stark contrast to his three well dressed dandy brothers, Mirza Jahangir, Salim and Babur.
In contrast to their previous album, Paul's Boutique, the Beastie Boys returned somewhat stylistically to their punk rock roots on Check Your Head, playing their own instruments for the first time on record since their early EPs ( although they did provide live instrumentation on at least two songs on Paul's Boutique ).
Dunne attracted attention during this term due to his decision to " plank " on a live TV programme following the deaths of a number of young people doing it in contrast to his normally sensible image.
In contrast to the Belarusians and Eastern Ukrainians, the Western Ukrainians who came to live in Austria-Hungary retained not only the name Ruthenian but also much more of the Church Slavonic and Polish elements of Ruthenian.
* Vir Cotto, in contrast, simply wished that he would live long enough to see Morden beheaded and his associates go away and never come back — which is, of course, exactly what happened.
In contrast, the UFO series makes it clear that Ed Straker has had to completely sacrifice his personal life for the organisation, and that although he has learned to live with the fact, he has never forgotten the suffering it has caused to him and people he loved most.
In contrast to uchi-deshi, students who live outside are referred to as soto-deshi ( Kanji: Hiragana: そとでし literally " outside students ").
For example, in contrast to many urban U. S. Chinatowns — where unforeseen growth forced working class immigrants to congregate, live and work in a small area — the expansive, planned real estate for this Chinatown is modeled upon those in the Los Angeles suburbs of Monterey Park, California and San Gabriel, California, both anchored by shopping centers and supermarkets ( 99 Ranch Market and Shun Fat Supermarket ).
This is in sharp contrast to Lamellibrachia luymesi, the tube worms that live at deep sea cold seeps and grow very slowly for most of their lives.

contrast and around
Within 4 – 5 days the inflammation and the concomitant dead brain tissue are surrounded with a capsule, which gives the lesion the famous ring-enhancing lesion appearance on CT examination with contrast ( since intravenously applied contrast material can not pass through the capsule, it is collected around the lesion and looks as a ring surrounding the relatively dark lesion ).
Diocletian, by contrast, was prodigious in his affairs: there are around 1, 200 rescripts in his name still surviving, and these probably represent only a small portion of the total issue.
By contrast, integrated circuits packed a large number — often millions — of tiny electrical components, mainly transistors, into a small chip around the size of a coin.
Thales of Miletos made a series of observations on static electricity around 600 BC, from which he believed that friction rendered amber magnetic, in contrast to minerals such as magnetite, which needed no rubbing.
The plot centers around a war between Earth and its colonies in space ; however, in contrast to the Universal Century continuity, the Gundam pilots of Gundam Wing are more closely allied to each other than they are to any particular side in the conflict unfolding around them.
By the mid to late-1970s some parts of the capitalist world, including South Korea, were creating new industries based around computers, electronics, and other advanced technology in contrast to North Korea's Stalinist economy of mining and steel production.
Buses, by contrast, can sometimes manoeuver around obstacles.
Operetta grew out of the French opéra comique around the middle of the 19th century, to satisfy a need for short, light works in contrast to the full-length entertainment of the increasingly serious opéra comique.
By increasing the indirect illumination of surfaces near the window, muntins tend to brighten the area immediately around a window and reduce the contrast of shadows within the room.
By contrast, an ordinary seamen in the Royal Navy received 19s per month to be paid in a lump sum at the end of a tour of duty which was around half the rate paid in the Merchant Navy.
VHS machines, in contrast to Betamax and Beta's predecessor U-matic, use an " M-loading " system, also known as M-lacing, where the tape is drawn out by two threading posts and wrapped around more than 180 degrees of the head drum ( and also other tape transport components ) in a shape roughly approximating the letter M.
Professor Mark Glancy, teacher of film history at Queen Mary University of London has said: “ It ’ s horrendously inaccurate and attributes crimes committed by the Nazis in the 1940s to the British in the 1770s .” In contrast, Australian film critic David Edwards asserts that " this fictional story is set around actual events, but it is not a history of what America was, or even an image of what it has become-it's a dream of what it should be .... The Patriot is a grand epic full of action and emotion .... But it's also surprisingly insightful in its evaluation of the American ideal-if not the reality.
In contrast, the " strict father " family revolves around the idea that parents teach their children how to be self-reliant and self-disciplined through " tough love ".
Mies was given the task of designing a completely new campus, and the result was a spacious, open, campus set in contrast to the busy, crowded urban neighborhood around it.
Scholars cannot with any certainty prove the authorship of Jeremiah, although consensus has gathered around a thesis of multiple sources, mainly because of the contrast between the poetic discourses and the prose narrative.
In stark contrast to the resettlements in 1939 – 1941, this time around the evacuation in most of the areas was delayed until the last moment, when it was too late to conduct it in an orderly fashion, and practically all of them had to leave most of their belongings behind.
In contrast to its structure elsewhere, the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland was centered, not around the bishops of diocese and archbishops of archdiocese, but rather around monasteries headed by powerful abbots who were members of the royal dynasties of the lands in which their monasteries resided.
This is in marked contrast to dizygotic twinning, which ranges from about six per thousand births in Japan ( almost similar to the rate of identical twins, which is around 4 – 5 ) to 15 and more per thousand in some parts of India and up to over 20 in some Central African countries.
Reducing reflection via anti-reflective coatings also reduces the amount of " lost " light bouncing around inside the binocular which can making the image appear hazy ( low contrast ).
Wetlands contrast the hot, arid landscape around Middle Spring, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah.
Rocky IV has been noted as a prime example of propaganda through film, with both the stark culture contrast of Apollo's patriotic showing in Las Vegas and Drago's cold, subdued performance in the USSR and the ubiquitous yet ineffective KGB officers stationed around Balboa's cabin outside Krasnogourbinsk.

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