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per contra

[per kon-truh, per kohn-trah] / pər ˈkɒn trə, pɛr ˈkoʊn trɑ /


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Mr. Meighen, per contra, is described as "pale, intellectual, reserved," as "definitely urban."

From Time Magazine Archive

M. Bonnet, per contra, is to be responsible for national economy and the direction of taxation and the revenue service.

From Time Magazine Archive

M. Berenger, also a member of the French debt commission, declared, per contra, that he would support the ratification of M. Caillaux's tentative agreement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pilsudski's military friends, per contra, continued to urge upon him the creation of an unconstitutional dictature with himself as dictator.

From Time Magazine Archive

II, 77; per contra, d'Ivernois, sur la Mortalité proportionelle des peuples considérée comme Mesure de leur Aisance et Civilization, 1833, 12 ff.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm




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