He contends instead that the major factors pushing up the deficit were the Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, at a cost of $3.6 trillion over 10 years and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Zamboni contended instead that blocked veins prevent blood from draining from the head, causing iron to back up in the brain and damage nerves that send messages to the body.
Conroy's few friends, the ones who didn't believe that he'd killed her and then hanged himself out of remorse, contended instead that after her disappearance he'd done it out of grief.
Mr. Spitzer's suit, to be filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, will contend, instead, that gun makers and wholesalers have contributed to a public nuisance, and he has an important, built-in advantage: New York State law already defines illegal guns as a public nuisance.
They contend instead that the sanctions should remain in place against Iran in order to prevent Iran from gaining access to this new source of funds and then using it to foment trouble.
Trump, Romney contended, would instead precipitate another economic recession and weaken America's standing overseas.
What Mr. Obama contends with, instead, is the entire state of Illinois, whose endless parade of oddball characters seems to cross his path at the least opportune moments.
The writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb contends that instead of giving advice on managing risk, you "should be in a retirement home doing sudoku".
But Lloyd Gerard of Lloyd's, an antiques shop on Main Street in Eastport, contends that instead of bringing people to the area, the historic districts will drive them away.
They offered this as evidence that the administration is not unilateralist, as critics contend, but instead has a more nuanced strategy of involving regional partners in resolving thorny issues.
Critics contend that instead of making life easier for gay men and lesbians in the armed services, the policy leaves many to suffer in silence and fear or leave the service.
