"I think all of these claims are contrived," said Peter Schey, Mr. Charney's lawyer.
"It is utterly contrived," says Henry Edwards-Wood, 25, spokesman of the Long Live Southbank campaign.
"It's funny, I don't feel like my persona is contrived," says Martinez.
"This is contrived," said Mark H. Gitenstein, a Washington lawyer who represents the United States Chamber of Commerce, which backs legislation to let defendants move big interstate class actions to federal court.
"There wasn't anything that fit perfectly; that wasn't contrived," said Jason Vines, the Ford Motor Company's vice president for public affairs.
But activities don't have to be over-engineered or contrived, says Genochio, who uses the example of her students rolling back a log to expose the creepy crawlies underneath.
"The physics are a bit contrived," says Roland Diehl of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Munich, Germany, who says his observations have failed to reveal the heavy aluminum that, in the supernova scenario, is the most likely source of the positrons.
"Most of it is contrived," Mr. Lamb said.
It's too contrived,' he says.
"I sympathize with them -- their need is real, not contrived," Mr. Hattrick said.
