His arguments are quite literally "para-doxes"—from the Greek para ("contrary to" or "against") and doxa ("belief" or "opinion")—arguments for conclusions contrary to what people ordinarily believe.
They trust them to protect them and trust them not to try and make more money because there are things that are going on that are contrary or against their campaigns.
In "Stairway to Heaven," also in A minor, the lower voice descends by half-steps while the upper voice ascends — up an octave to an A and then further up to B and C. Such contrary motion against a falling chromatic line itself has many precedents, from Dido's Lament to "My Funny Valentine" — and a YouTube user points out a resemblance to a seventeenth-century sonata by Giovanni Battista Granata.
Or it might be thought that, on the contrary, wagering against an existent God results in negative infinite utility.
The move, if his hinting is not some sort of trial balloon, is somewhat contrary somewhat against the Chairman's previous preference for use of a different legal foundation for net neutrality, though, of course, Title II was never completely out of the question.
That is not to say that tyrants and their cohorts should be given mercy, on the contrary: crimes against humanity must be prosecuted.
On the contrary, antibody against integrin α2β1 showed no effect on ROS level and also no effect on SB-caused ROS level decrease (G of Fig. 5).
On the contrary, resistance against Gram-negative aerobic bacteria decreased in SDD patients compared with patients receiving standard treatment.
However, contrary to antibodies against other PmpD fragments, antibodies against fragment 4 do not stain unfixed purified RBs (not shown), indicating that the beta-barrel is not localized on the surface of Chlamydia.
Ships could pound their way against contrary winds and currents because they were powered by coal and oil and no longer dependent on sail.
