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  1. Contra
    [video game series] The in-universe use of the term "Contra" is first explained within the Japanese instruction card of the arcade version of Contra, and reiterated in most games (including Contra: Shattered Soldier), as "a title awarded to a superior soldier possessing almost super human dr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game_series)

  2. contra
    Latin, meaning: (+ acc.) against.
    Found op http://archives.nd.edu/ccc.htm

  3. Contra
    The Latin term 'Contra' means, in a UK legal context: 'to the contrary'.
    Found op http://www.clickdocs.co.uk/glossary/contra.htm

  4. Contra
    An entry made into an account or statement to nullify a previous... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/contra.htm?id=300&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of contra'>more</a>
    Found op http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/home.htm

  5. Contra
    Member of a Central American right-wing guerrilla force attempting to overthrow the democratically elected Nicaraguan Sandinista government between 1979 and 1990. The Contras, many of them...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  6. Contra
    To the contrary
    Found op http://www.lawteacher.net/Glossary.php

  7. Contra
    Con'tra A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against , contrary , in opposition , etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Confer Counter , adverb & prefix
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/148

  8. Contra
    • A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/contra/

  9. Contra
    (from the article `Sandinista`) ...and built up support through mass organizations of workers, young people, and other groups. To fight off the attacks of the counterrevolutionary ... ...in February 1984, which was, when revealed, universally condemned. The CIA also secretly organized and supplied a...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/135

  10. contra
    (from the article `contredanse`) ...of the English country dance (q.v.) and was performed into the 19th century by French, English, and German aristocrats and bourgeoisie. ... Country dances are performed in three characteristic formations: (1) circular, for an indefinite number of couples (`round` ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/135

  11. Contra
    [video game] Virtual Console (MSX2) ==Plot== In Contra, the player controls one of two armed military commandos named Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer and Lance "Scorpion" Bean, who are sent on a mission to neutralize a terrorist group called the Red Falcon Organization that is planning to take over the...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)

  12. Contra
    Member of a Central American right-wing guerrilla force attempting to overthrow the democratically elected Nicaraguan Sandinista government between 1979 and 1990. The Contras, many of them mercenaries or former members of the deposed dictator Somoza's guard (see Nicaraguan Revolution), operated main...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0024152.html



  1. Contra
    [album] Contra is the second album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released in January 2010 on XL Recordings. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 200. The album title is intended as a thematic allegory and a complex reference to the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries, ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(album)

  2. contra
    The counter-vocalist of the Sardinian tenores
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Italian_music

  3. contra
    1) Against 2) Band leader? 3) In opposition to 4) Iran-.. affair 5) Latin
    Found op against 6) Nicaraguan guerrilla 7) Nicaraguan rebel 8)

  4. Contra Account
    - ACCOUNT considered to be an offset to another account. Generally established to reduce the other account to amounts that can be realized or collected.
    Found op http://www.nysscpa.org/prof_library/guide.htm

  5. Contra Account
    A ledger account which is deducted from a related account.
    Found op http://www.cougarmtn.com/resources/glossary.html

  6. Contra Advance
    Sporting event during the 23rd Southeast Asian Games. Source: Philippine Olympic Committee. === Fair use in Volleyball at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games=== Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Advance

  7. Contra Apion
    ===Agentsoo=== final (0/5/4) ending 05:00, 1st August 2005 (UTC) I`ve had this account for over a year and wrote a number of articles before that (e.g. Chasmosaurus). I have accrued close to 1400 edits, most minor, as I spend a lot of time proof-reading pages via the Random Article page, fixing typ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Apion

  8. Contra Apionem
    This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article`s talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Di...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Apionem

  9. Contra body movement
    Contra body movement (CBM) is a term used in ballroom dances, such as Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep. It describes a specific coordination of the movement of a dancer`s body when doing or preparing to do a step which involves rotation. ==Creating CBM== CBM is turning the right side of the body to...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_body_movement

  10. Contra bonos mores
    The Latin term 'Contra bonos mores' means, in a UK legal context: 'contrary to good morals'.
    Found op http://www.clickdocs.co.uk/glossary/contra-bonos-mores.htm

  11. Contra bonos mores
    Contrary to good morals
    Found op http://www.lawteacher.net/Glossary.php

  12. Contra Bonos Mores
    Against good morals.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c297.htm

  13. Contra Celsum
    Against Celsus, Greek Kata Kelsou, Latin Contra Celsum, is the title of a major work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, countering the writings of Celsus the Platonist. It was written in 248 CE. == See also == ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Celsum

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