contra

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• They backed him in his war against the CIA-trained Contra rebels in the 1980s.

• “Of all things they could have done, that was their first move,” hotel owner Adam Contra told The Daily Beast.

• But contra William Faulkner, there are signs that the past is finally becoming past.

• The country had just emerged from a civil war and was in the midst of the rising Contra conflict of the early 1980s.

• More importantly, neither Iran-Contra nor impeachment were enough to dampen public affection for either president.

• A unique novelty was the Contra Trombone on the Pedal of 64 feet actual length.

• If I am hated and despised, I chuckle over the "per contra."

• Per contra to all these advantages, other indications about the place are not so pleasing.

• Philosophy is developed scientifically in his "Contra Gentes" and theology, scientifically in his great "Summa."

• Per contra, I had a skimpy bed and room, and just the necessaries of life as far as nursing was concerned.