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  • Or possibly making sure everyone shares the “sandbox” or contrawise, “stay in their own swim lane” can you believe these?

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • Or possibly making sure everyone shares the “sandbox” or contrawise, “stay in their own swim lane” can you believe these?

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • I love weights and find aerobics dull/ hard, her contrawise.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger Lite 26 March 2010

  • The best way to generate interest is to deny something; contrawise, the best way to bury something is to make it public knowledge.

    LDS Church Handbook of Instructions available via WikiLeaks | Mind on Fire 2008

  • But he had no cause to fear, John had no desire to revenge the wrong that had been done him, for he had learned, that it was not right to render evil for evil, but contrawise, blessing.

    Narrative of the life of Thomas Cooper, Isaac Tatem 1832

  • The throwback version, contrawise, seems more balanced, more even.

    feminist blogs 2009

  • The throwback version, contrawise, seems more balanced, more even.

    feminist blogs 2009

  • But contrawise it's important to understand that there will be considerable remnants of exploitative capitalist psychology even after revolutionary changes, and the social and political constructs formed after a revolution must account for those remnants and change them as gracefully as possible.

    The Barefoot Bum 2009

  • 37 In a contrawise move, in 1991, Coca Cola abandoned its single agency for thirty or more agencies around the world.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

  • 37 In a contrawise move, in 1991, Coca Cola abandoned its single agency for thirty or more agencies around the world.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

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