I don t like quotas either they run counter to my belief in meritocracy.

This is completely at odds with the facts.

But this flies in the face of most evidence.

Such an approach does not contradict multilateral trading system rules, which provide ample scope for industrial policy.

This is in stark contrast to the Italian political tradition.

Nor is the negative skew inconsistent with the fact that world stock markets have been relatively quiet for most of this year.

Stock markets unusually negative skew is not inconsistent with booming price growth in recent years.

Indeed, today s US predicament contrasts sharply only with the current experiences of developing Asia.

Such an approach is at odds with the budgeting process in the United States and elsewhere.

This is a huge contrast with the financial sector s position in the previous three decades.

And observer state status contradicts the reality on the ground, in which the Palestinian Authority does not actually control the territories claimed.

Islam Hadhari tries to project the idea that UMNO s materialism and nationalism do not contradict Islam.

An example of this is some sort of ordinary legislation that is still in force that openly discriminates women, thus conflicting with the constitutional principle.

This conflicts with the humanist view of the child's development shared by the authors' families.

But this financial market buoyancy is at odds with political events and real economic indicators.

Akihito s travel schedule contrasts sharply with that of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

This is the exact opposite of a genuine zero conflict policy that aims to minimize tensions and enhance stability.

Certainly, merely returning to big government will not resolve anything, because it is inefficient and generates the opposite but equivalent imbalance.

According to Costa, rejecting the ruling in February 2006 would contradict previous case law.

This contrasts with Kyoto, where the so called Annex I developed countries adopted essentially identical targets.

This would affect the basis of the jurisdiction of the Court, and it would run counter to the objectives and purposes of the Rome Statute.

Applying the law retroactively beyond a certain time limit, however, would contradict the general principles of law.

Not only would that weaken multilateralism it also runs counter to the basic principles contained in the Charter itself.

We further consider the use of the veto in connection with the atrocities I have mentioned to be fundamentally incompatible with the very idea of the responsibility to protect.

This contradicts the assertion by the authors that the court supposedly acknowledged the lack of equality in the questioning of the defence experts.

Approach the city and you see the urban center of the world a hard and harried place, marked by social contrasts as dizzying as its skyscrapers and with a sense of transience as elevated as its buildings.

This is in marked contrast to the conventional view in the West that the prime motive for Islamist terrorism is religious.

Indeed, the right of return contradicts the very idea of a two state solution, as it would mean one state a Palestinian state.

Ida Sawyer, DR Congo Researcher for Human Rights Watch, adds that the repression is in contradiction with the rights of citizens to express themselves

This contrasts with mixed languages, where speakers tend to be fluent in one or both of the source languages.

That is contrary to the non discriminatory, balanced and broad manner in which we have been addressing the issue of missiles in all its aspects in the framework of the General Assembly.

Moreover, at least one of his pre crisis columns flatly contradicts his view today that current or even higher levels of federal debt carry no risk whatsoever.

There are three principal reasons why the Bush administration s impact on human rights is so much at odds with its stated intentions.

In other words, a new balance of strengths and weaknesses is emerging beneath the surface of events and runs contrary to current mantras.

At the same time, the analytical framework applied to all States itself entails a good deal of repetition, which runs counter to the very principle of economy just invoked.

In that connection, the Council will recall that President George W. Bush, after his recent meeting with Prime Minister Sharon, said that Israel should not undertake any activity that contravenes road map obligations or prejudice final status negotiations .

Pending entry into force, we call on all States to abide by a moratorium and to refrain from any action contrary to the obligations and provisions of the CTBT.

Fourth, America s decision to back extremists in Syria contradicts its war on terrorism and will erode international support for it.

However it keeps the code more compact than styles like the Allman style, by putting opening brackets at the end of lines (as opposed to on their own lines).

In contrast to the peaceful conduct of the demonstrations, two bombings earlier this week, in Beirut and in Jounieh, left three dead and approximately 19 injured.

Sixth, this zero sum proposal, with 6 winners and 180 losers, would increase divisions and tensions not only within the United Nations but within various regions, contradicting the objective of promoting peace and security.

Moreover, Bush s exaggerated rhetoric was often at odds with his practice, giving rise to charges of hypocrisy.

To reverse the trend, French republicanism must, like English multiculturalism, contradict itself in order to fulfil itself.

It can be contrasted with price competition, which is where a company tries to distinguish its product or service from competing products on the basis of low price.

This is in direct contradiction to the obligations that the Palestinian Authority assumed under the guidelines of the road map and the Sharm el Sheikh Summit understandings.