T. D. Allman, a stickler for our 18th-century Constitution, argues that Dick Cheney, appearances to the contrary, is not actually vice president of the United States because, although the president and vice president can be from the same state, electors from that state can't vote for both of them, and Cheney, like Bush, lived in Texas.
And Mr. Clinton's support for him reinforces a reality of this post-impeachment White House: the president, despite expectations to the contrary, is not holding grudges as he rushes in the final months of his presidency to leave a legacy that has nothing to do with Monica S. Lewinsky.
In other words, the ego, despite conscious senses to the contrary, is not a locus of autonomous agency, the seat of a free, true "I" determining its own fate.
In other words, whereas the concept of actual existence always includes the concept of essence, the contrary is not true, since essence can be thought of without its being (as affirmed by Avicenna).
9. H.-G. Gadamer asks: "Although Plato assures us to the contrary, is not his inability to do justice to the poets and to the art of poetry nevertheless an expression of the age-old rivalry between poets and philosophers?" See his "Plato and the Poets," in Dialogue and Dialectic, trans.
Any suggestion to the contrary is not only wrong but is a distraction that we or the families of the victims can hardly afford or deserve.
"Speculation to the contrary isn't just baseless and unfounded, it's irresponsible," he added.
Facebook, despite anecdotal reports to the contrary, isn't struggling to find traction with its youngest users.
To the contrary, isn't this exactly what universities are supposed to do - study vexing questions?
But evidence to the contrary isn't limited to anger-inducing anecdotes like the AP's "looting" photo.
Any agreements made to the contrary are not legally binding.
