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On the contrary, I view the growing comfort of government ministers with social media as a matter for celebration.
And, contrary to critics’ warnings, it has not pushed up health-care costs; in fact, there is some hope that the cost curve may finally be bending downward.
On the contrary, politics and international law, like the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, have been adapted to enable discovery.
On the contrary, it is starving the ability of key units such as the WHO to carry out their job, and to attract and keep the expertise that they need.
On the contrary, investment in a weak real economy has been far less attractive than the prospect of earning easy money from financial engineering.
On the contrary, its recovery coincided with the easing of the extreme austerity imposed in 2011-13, which has encouraged households to spend more, despite stagnant wages.
On the contrary, it predicts that globalization will generate winners and losers, and decades of experience have borne that out.
What the EU has learned from the results of the last parliamentary elections in Bulgaria is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the leverage of Brussels over new member states increases rather than diminishes after they join.
In assessing Clinton’s statements on this topic, the fact-checkers make much of the finding by Blinder and Watson that, contrary to widespread assumptions, fiscal and monetary policies are not more “pro-growth” or expansionary under Democrats than under Republican presidents, and therefore cannot explain the performance differential.
Contrary to glib assumptions, globalization of capital, trade, and migration flows is not “good for everyone.”
On the contrary, they typically pride themselves on integrity.
On the contrary, they need to stand together against the Communist threat.
On the contrary, there are many reasons to worry about investing in such places.
On the contrary, it could be the key to overcoming our scientific ignorance.
Contrary to the fears of many of these neighbors in 1990 (and contrary to what many analysts claim now), the Berlin Republic is not more nationalistic than the old West Germany.
On the contrary, it is in such circumstances that calm foresight is most necessary.
On the contrary, 2011 may well prove to be a better year for a battered economy and a political system under stress.
On the contrary, serious challenges remain, and they must be addressed with urgency.
On the contrary, it might merely divert attention from other issues of no less moment for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.
Brexit and the Pound in Your PocketBERKELEY – The early returns on Brexit are in, and, contrary to what some have been claiming, they’re not good.
Contrary to what the scaremongers suggest, it will not result in a vast flood of immigrants, or the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, let alone any significant further loss of national sovereignty.
On the contrary, his reinterpretation of the constitution is meant to help the US in its military policing of East Asia.
To the contrary, terrorism is now part of the fabric of contemporary life.
On the contrary, if anything, the tax preference has decreased somewhat over time.
On the contrary, the left’s return to power appears to be an entirely normal, almost trivial, example of alternation in government.
On the contrary, the ECB is adamant that the only aim of its “outright monetary transactions” (OMT) program, which will buy distressed eurozone members’ government paper, conditional on agreed reforms, is to contain the currency-redenomination risk that contributes to elevated interest rates in southern European economies.
Despite massive evidence to the contrary, many people – not least theologians – fear that we live in a secular age.
On the contrary, with the military back in de facto control, the civilian government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in no position to shape developments.
On the contrary, we should expect agreement only on the path of least political resistance: avoidance of tough fiscal choices until the bond vigilantes eventually wake up, spike long rates, and force fiscal adjustment on the political system.
On the contrary, he must change the conversation to reassure voters that their economic future is bright.
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