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After the debate, Hitchens found himself seated at a table, surrounded by a small crowd of fawning, young white males -- "contrarians" -- while he signed his latest polemic.

Max Blumenthal: An Evening With Hitchens and Gorgeous George 2008

It is no coincidence that the big name contrarians are those who having spent a lifetime in science, now no longer rely on research funds for professional advancement.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

For contrarians, that is a bullish sign, indicating that pessimism -- and the selling that goes along with it -- is somewhat overdone, at least in the short run.

Michael J. Panzner: Up Next: The Obama Bounce? 2009

Seems to me the contrarians were the only ones smart enough to vote against our fiasco in Iraq.

First Muslim In Congress Snubs Bush, Meets With Big Labor Instead 2009

The proclamations of the contrarians are a deceit, … The characters in the main drama are big fish, really big fish.

Hansen and the "Destruction of Creation" « Climate Audit 2007

Critics and doubters are called contrarians, or worse still, deniers alluding to the holocaust and are claimed to be the lap dogs of big polluting industry.

Tip Jar now available « Climate Audit 2006

"Although we're known as contrarians, our favorite sector is still technology," he said.

Fool.com Headlines 2010

They are nothing more than contrarians, which is exactly what our country does not need to fix our many problems that the Republicans pretty much created on their own.

Cafferty File 2009

So while we find new ways to pour attention on "contrarians" and have a debate that most of the rest of the world has already stopped having, we risk our health, fall further and further behind the countries we compete with (China and Germany, for example, in renewables), and become more indebted to countries that may not be friends.

Andrew Winston: Missing the SuperFreaking Point (and Ignoring the Business Case for Green) 2009

The credibility of climate scientists has been challenged by so-called "contrarians," and one of their specific criticisms is that the water vapor feedback is an artifact of untrustworthy computer models.

Michael Oppenheimer: Washington Sleeps as Global Warming Predictions Come True 2008