contra

They backed him in his war against the CIA-trained Contra rebels in the 1980s.

“Of all things they could have done, that was their first move,” hotel owner Adam Contra told The Daily Beast.

But contra William Faulkner, there are signs that the past is finally becoming past.

The country had just emerged from a civil war and was in the midst of the rising Contra conflict of the early 1980s.

More importantly, neither Iran-Contra nor impeachment were enough to dampen public affection for either president.

A unique novelty was the Contra Trombone on the Pedal of 64 feet actual length.

If I am hated and despised, I chuckle over the "per contra."

Per contra to all these advantages, other indications about the place are not so pleasing.

Philosophy is developed scientifically in his "Contra Gentes" and theology, scientifically in his great "Summa."

Per contra, I had a skimpy bed and room, and just the necessaries of life as far as nursing was concerned.