The President does it big time--this whole notion of leading by following is a contradiction.
"The whole idea of a secret democracy is a contradiction in terms, " he said.
They did nothing as so-called "rain-makers" were awarded three year guaranteed bonuses, a contradiction in terms.
This is such a contradiction which no one wants, no one knows how to solve.
"It is a contradiction for people calling themselves republicans and endorsing the UK City of Culture, " he said.
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These tensions illustrate a contradiction at the heart of the market's rally from the lows of March 2009.
The invasion demonstrated a contradiction that has forever bedeviled China's military and political leaders: good strategy, bad tactics.
Rather, men prefer a broader, less personalized interaction with their social engagement, which sounds like a contradiction of terms.
Is there a contradiction between Richter's early social activisim and his apolitical abstraction?
Not so long ago, the notion of a Conservative Co-operative Movement would have seemed like a contradiction in terms.
"If that seems like a contradiction, it's only on the surface, " he said.
So Americans uneasily both accept and reject the hereditary principle, a contradiction that's uncomfortable for them but very productive.
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That may sound like a contradiction (people who graduate don't have fall semesters).
Auden also recognised that there was a contradiction at the heart of Spender.
Vitorino denied there is a contradiction between this European approach and the global one being debated in the Hague Convention.
There doesn't have to be a contradiction between jobs and the environment, we just have to be thinking a little smarter.
However, none of this modernisation will draw investors into the stockmarket as long as Italian corporate governance remains a contradiction in terms.
Obviously, vegetarians or beacons would say, okay, that's a contradiction in terms.
The idea that government could ever be used actively to promote their goals in some positive sense is a contradiction in terms to them.
Some of you might think that is a contradiction, saying I will buy stocks while expecting both a market crash and slowing economic growth.
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The general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, John Dunford, said he was pleased someone had recognised that compulsory collective worship was "a contradiction in terms".
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Many states also ban convicted felons from voting for life a contradiction of the sound principle that once a man has served his punishment, he can rejoin society.
"Now you can't just ask people to work longer, while on the other hand companies don't want to employ older workers - there's a contradiction, " he added.
The soft reaction to the Ahuas shooting boils down to a contradiction of Hondurans' situation, said Eduardo Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University.
Student-athletes, like meatball ice cream, are a contradiction in terms.
"There is not a contradiction between protecting the Second Amendment rights of Americans and figuring out how we can keep, for example, assault weapons off the street, " Clinton said on Saturday.
Then, after reading a book on dialectical materialism, Fyodorov understood that a contradiction was at work inside him, and this was why he was sometimes gripped by a dark, alien sadness.
They are strongly opposed to the idea of any Taleban figures playing a part and agree with their Afghan allies that the concept of "moderate Taleban" is a contradiction in terms.
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