On the contrary, lying is a costly and serious business.
A15 Cheney Backs Detainee Care Vice President Dick Cheney has emphatically defended the handling of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, saying that they had been "well treated, treated humanely and decently" and that some accusations to the contrary were lies.
To the contrary, partial lying decreases in distance and anonymity.
Contrary to lay opinion, Mr. Cohen is not splitting hairs.
Contrary to lay opinion, stepwise plateaus of proficiency are seldom seen.
In sum, evidence regarding personal and social processes in these four samples of working professionals converges on the conclusion that -- contrary to lay beliefs -- empathic accuracy arises more from systematic thought than from gut intuition.
Studies 2-4, each using executive-level professionals as participants, demonstrated that (contrary to lay beliefs) people who tend to rely on intuitive thinking also tend to exhibit lower empathic accuracy.
"Contrary to lay perceptions," the researchers assert, "most negative gossip is not intended to hurt the target, but to please the gossiper and receiver".
She accomplished what she accomplished because she was good!" Liberal bloggers, too, have argued that Sotomayor was "not an Affirmative Action student," calling assertions to the contrary "a lie".
On the contrary, the Treasury lies at the heart of it.
