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1 - Contrary to one's expectations about Mideast countries, oil accounts for only about 12% of government revenues in Dubai.

2 - Contrary to popular belief, alcoholic beverages do not warm a person and under no circumstances should they be given to a hypothermic casualty.

3 - Despite claims to the contrary, the science of ecology has a long history of building theories.

4 - Contrary to what many students think, staying up all night to study for an exam leads to failure rather than success.

5 - Contrary to what many people believe, preschool children do not adjust how much they eat in response to how much they ate at their last meal or in the past 24 hours or how calorie-rich their meal is.