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Policies or stipends to encourage people to have more children may run counter to the cost-cutting ambitions of small government conservatives; paid family leave or child care contradict conservative Christians’ arguments that more women should stay at home, at least when their children are young.

Since starting at the New York Times in 2009, he has made no secret of his reactionary leanings, which run counter to established Democratic doctrine.

Such experiences run counter to what North Korean people had expected from the past decade.

The association said a new tax on banking would also "run counter to the government's aim of supporting the financial services sector".

However, the terminations also appear to run counter to the administration’s own public commitments.