My contrarian nature manifesting itself in this department, too, I liked the Norse myths better than the Greek or their Roman versions.

But anyone familiar with Duesberg's sometimes flamboyant contrarian nature wouldn't be surprised.

Her contrarian nature, she says, was bred in the bone.

While his contrarian nature sometimes caused him to be early in expecting market downturns, it left him in a good position to benefit from the inevitable rebounds.

Part of Brooks's appeal to the readers of The New Yorker, accustomed to prose by the likes of John Updike, may have been his singular voice and contrarian nature.

It is that focus and his contrarian nature that has driven him since his early days at WBEB.

It is a tribute to Bill Bradley's contrarian nature that he is not interested in running for the one office that would allow him to strengthen the state Democratic Party.

"The contrarian nature of the fund is more in its value investing," he said.

This may be because the Brits have a real handle on a real conundrum-which is, roughly, how to square the special and contrarian nature of artists with the bland and complacent character of a vastly expanded audience....

Starting a new concert series in summer, on Monday nights, with doors opening at 6 p.m., in a cabaret/restaurant setting, seems so delightfully to contradict conventional wisdom about programming that it merits attention for its contrarian nature alone.