And as the skies light up this Fourth of July, consider this great paradox of history: while the English Revolution owed so much to America, the first shots in the American War of Independence were fired in England.
CONSIDER this paradox: according to conventional wisdom, hunger is supposed to decline as a country's wealth increases.
But now, industry executives are considering the paradox that in order to control music distribution more tightly in the long term, they may have to loosen their hold over it in the near term.
For those more interested in paradox, consider this: Deuce, a term with Old French roots, is not the term the French themselves use when scoring.
To understand why Tohoku defied conventional geophysical wisdom, consider the paradox inherent in an earthquake.
Leave aside the rights and wrongs of the war itself, and consider the paradox.
Consider the paradox, for instance, of offers-meant-to-be-refused.
His detractors should, however, consider the paradox held within complaining about the company Corbyn keeps and then parroting Tony Blair.
At 6 p.m., New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 924-0077, newyorklivearts.org; $5. (Burke) Sundays at Three: Singh and Dance (Sunday) Paul Singh's new trio, "I've had such strange dreams about you," considers the paradox of our loneliness in the presence of others.
Consider the paradox that typically about 85%-90 85%-90ericans, when polled, say they disapprove of the job being done by the U.S. Congress, and yet also typically, 85%-90% of Americansbent Congressmen are re-elected by Americans.
