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- noun Plural form of
counterposition .
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As late as 1964, Heidegger speculates about “the still hidden center of those endeavors towards which the ‘philosophy’ of our day, from its most extreme counterpositions Carnap – Heidegger, tends”.
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As late as 1964, Heidegger speculates about “the still hidden center of those endeavors towards which the ‘philosophy’ of our day, from its most extreme counterpositions Carnap – Heidegger, tends”.
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Bassano was highly honored by Paul Veronese, who placed his son Carletto under him as a pupil, to receive his general instructions, "and more particularly in regard to that just disposition of lights reflected from one object to another, and in those happy counterpositions, owing to which the depicted objects seemed clothed with a profusion of light."
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner 1834
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Infinite that do not settle upon the mind until mature years, are all projections -- derivations or counterpositions -- from the obscure idea of sin; could not have existed under any previous condition; and for a
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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In general, I have my doubts that any "spirit of service" lurking within a networked, entertainment-drenched, way-beyond-scarcity American populace will be raised by the kind of dour counterpositions of behaviour and character that Obama occasionally made in his speech.
The Play Ethic 2009
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Because they’ve taken sixty-five positions, we’ve taken sixty-five counterpositions.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Because they’ve taken sixty-five positions, we’ve taken sixty-five counterpositions.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Because they’ve taken sixty-five positions, we’ve taken sixty-five counterpositions.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Because they’ve taken sixty-five positions, we’ve taken sixty-five counterpositions.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Of course, any such disclosure will make shorting very problematic for managers who up to this point have been able to tout their long-exposure in certain names without disclosing hedged or shorted counterpositions, with the hope that they will be able to short even more names to witless followers who merely replicate given hedge fund portfolios (yes, hedge fund portfolio cloning is nothing new, and hedge funds are all too aware of how to take advantage of gullible trend seekers).
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