Word: contradiction
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...rank works relentlessly. He refuses to take the easy way out by supporting his father at home and prefers to contradict his naturally affectionate nature and become a drifting loner. He defies and hides his familial devotion and sacrifices almost all human comforts for his work. Yet he is still tied to his family by his ambition to restore it to its former glory. He is bound to support and maintain his father and brothers by a deep sense of loyalty and pride, but he shuns any personal contacts...
...suprised and puzzled by the finding," said Branch, himself a marathon runner. "My own values contradict these results," he added...
...visit to several Caribbean schools offers little that would contradict the arguments of critics. Most operate on shoe string budgets and breakneck schedules, cramming a semester's work into four or five weeks. The aptly named Spartan Health Sciences University on St. Lucia has only two full-time professors. The physiology and biochemistry departments occupy one room, separated from the hallway by a beaded rope curtain. The microbiology laboratory consists of a few rough wooden tables. Students are advised to bring their own microscopes...
Given the supposition that "artistic license" allows artists to flaunt tastelessness and crudity, symbols still cannot contradict truth. There was that circumcision. There is also another historical fact: in Christ's time men were crucified with their backs to the cross, facing spectators; women, the other...
...whether Crile might have cut corners in his reporting, Stringer remarks, "I should have known I wouldn't get fair journalism off him." As executive producer of the show, Stringer is expected to be a key witness in CBS'S defense, but his taped words seem to contradict what he said about Crile in a deposition for the case. Under oath Stringer testified, "I think he's a careful journalist...