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Contrary to what the administration’s budget projections claim, annual economic growth in the US has almost no chance of accelerating from 2% to 3%.
But how can the price of money – which, after all, makes the world go round, or, as Karl Marx put it, “transforms all my incapacities into their contrary” – be zero?
They deny climate change because they reject earth science entirely, believing the world to be newly created, contrary to the overwhelming evidence of physics, chemistry, and geology.
Energy production will no longer be tied to a scarce, ever more expensive resource; on the contrary, as with other technology industries, prices are likely to continue to drop.
On the contrary, we have to count the cost down to the penny which our rhetoric has despised.”
On the contrary, working together, and trading with each other in markets, is morality in action.
On the contrary, our aim is if possible to avoid such collateral deaths.
This, clearly, is no longer the problem; on the contrary, the financial sector today is one of the Fed’s last staunch defenders.
The reason isn’t that industry is holding Europe back; on the contrary, European industry’s environmental footprint has improved considerably in recent years.
On the contrary, in the early part of the twentieth century, Germany was one of the world's richest countries, with enviably high education levels and scientific prowess.
On the contrary, the Israeli government should not use the region’s turmoil as justification for doing nothing to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians.
On the contrary, as the German election shows and with a presidential election looming in France, the debate has intensified.
An early example was the persistent belief in a flat earth, a view maintained for centuries after the ancient Greeks had accumulated clear evidence to the contrary.
On the contrary, throughout the election campaign Tony Blair mimicked the anti-European rhetoric of the Conservatives, so as to avoid damaging accusations that he was preparing to "sell out" to Brussels.
Most important, markets have never been very good at achieving structural transformations quickly on their own; the transition from agriculture to manufacturing, for example, was anything but smooth; on the contrary, it was accompanied by significant social dislocation and the Great Depression.
I believe that, on the contrary, this would be an advantage in the current exceptional circumstances, because it would keep the Italian and Spanish governments on a short leash; no country concerned could afford to lose the ECB facility.
On the contrary, German foreign reserves actually declined between 2000 and 2008.
On the contrary, the Abe government currently places a high priority on preschool education – an approach supported by research conducted by the Nobel laureate economist James Heckman, who has found that investment in preschool education brings large returns.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.
But on the contrary, the Internet allows dispersed customers to come together in a way that encourages niche markets, including hundreds of Web sites dedicated only to cheese.
Taking into account the national identities of each Governing Council member, I calculated the total number of members who would have voted contrary to the actual monetary policy change that was made, given the assumptions about differences between national and euro-zone inflation rates.
On the contrary, as he has frequently made clear, he considers his critics immoral for not supporting liberal interventions.
On the contrary, it is honorable.
So, while a true “Arab Summer” has yet to materialize (on the contrary, a few of the region’s autocratic rulers appear to be enjoying an Indian summer), there is a growing risk, at least in some countries, of a “Winter of Chaos.”
On the contrary, some problems may worsen.
On the contrary, since the event, Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker detained during the annexation of Crimea, launched a hunger strike in the name of the 64 Ukrainian political prisoners currently held in Russia.
On the contrary, it can be compatible with rapidly rising real income and more and better jobs.
Optimism about the CCP’s ability to push through market-oriented reforms also ignores the real obstacles to future growth and prosperity, which do not include a lack of economic ideas or policy expertise; on the contrary, it is well known – even obvious – what kind of economic reforms are needed.
Contrary to what one would imagine, the Kyoto Protocol has not prompted this research.
On the contrary, spending cuts will hurt their most vulnerable citizens, widen the gap between rich and poor, and contribute to social and political instability.
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