Cheng Li, of the Brookings Institution, has noted that, contrary to the myth of "democracy by osmosis" — the notion that simply living in the U.S. will make foreigners more congenial to democratic-liberal ideas — many of the most strident nationalist books in China are written by people who have returned from abroad.
The Associated Press has noted that contrary to expectations, Franken has not sought out the media spotlight: "He rarely talks to the Washington press corps, has shed his comedic persona and focused on policy, working to be taken seriously".
Ecclestone denies that the team benefited from this and Murray has noted that, contrary to this view, at the end of 1982 the team had to abandon their new BT51 car, built on the basis that ground effect would be permitted in 1983.
In the past both Judge Barry and Justice O'Connor have voted in favor of abortion rights, the archbishop has noted, a position contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church.
To the contrary, the Supreme Court of California has noted the "seriousness" of grand theft in the context of proportionality review...
As PolitiFact has noted, the DNI oversees all 17 intelligence agencies, so while not every agency independently confirmed the findings, it does not change the consensus that Russia intervened, contrary to Trump's view.
As political historian Kevin Kruse and others have noted, and contrary to some media coverage of Trump's speech, it's not at all new for the GOP presidential candidate to make such an appeal to African American voters.
At the Pentagon, however, more realistic analysts have noted recent meteorological reports that, contrary to the worldwide trend, winter in Russia has been unusually nippy -- indeed, minus 60 Centigrade was recorded across southern Siberia.
[Update: I should have noted that she is now known as Chelsea Manning.] To the contrary, Bergdahl appears to have viewed himself as a would-be military adventurer.
Croatian media have noted that the institute is situated in a densely populated and seismically active area, contrary to IAEA recommendations for low- and medium-level nuclear waste storage facilities.
