It seeks our obedience despite contradictory appearances, and then it constantly seeks, through our obedience, the miracle, like lightening allowed to flash from the perfect, blessed world of the final promise.
Amidst the often contradictory welter of appearance, theory functions a priori, serving as a reliable weather vane and guide (Mill 1992, 141).
"I feel very positive about how Madonna helps us, and people like her," says Tolokonnikova, who was recently criticised by other members of the Pussy Riot collective for appearing on stage with Madonna (their appearance was "highly contradictory to the principles of Pussy Riot", since "we only stage illegal performances in unexpected places").
Contradictory actions and deceiving appearances are a theme throughout the stories.
Hegemonic femininity shapes Western cultural ideals of female beauty by promoting a singular ideal that sets unattainable and contradictory standards for women's appearance such as the notion that women should be thin but curvaceous; small-hipped but large breasted; and fit and toned, but not overly muscular (Bordo 2003; George 2005; Markula 1995).
In a succession of raucous public appearances, Burris gave contradictory, perhaps even self-incriminating, explanations of the circumstances leading to his appointment.
The collaboration of these two models achieves a good balance in handling occlusion and target appearance change, which are two contradictory challenging factors in visual tracking.
Stevens also admitted to having multiple, contradictory memories of how casting the second appearance came about and couldn't rule out Haugen's claim. .
Appearances are deceiving, evidence is contradictory and even experts can have difficulty following the action.
Trott, 24, says she's a "girly girl" and wants to show teenagers that it's not contradictory to get into sweaty physical workouts and still care about appearance.
