per contra

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

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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.

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

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

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The more waste, the greater the need for repair, and per contra the less waste, the less the need of repair.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward