English and Cook Islands Maori are official languages of the Cook Islands.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.

But America will pay dearly for launching a war against global public opinion.

Contrary to popular opinion, hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after death.

Contrary to popular perception, the public sector wage bill is only of marginal importance.

Nonetheless, contrary to popular perception, nuclear power has a good overall safety record. New reactors being built today incorporate significantly enhanced safety features, both active and passive, compared to the Fukushima generation of reactors.

But, contrary to popular opinion, the two actually have little to do with each other.

Nonetheless, contrary to popular perception, nuclear power has a good overall safety record.

Also, the events in Libya hardly account for the whole mass of refugees now reaching Europe, as Zuma implied. Most of the refugees are not from Libya.

These findings, while running contrary to popular perceptions of Saudi culture, are less startling than they appear.

Tena also claims that migration flows don't just depend on the possibility of finding work, as is commonly thought, but are also influenced by pollution, terrorism and economic inequality, variables that psychologists consider determinants of happiness.

In that case, Turkey s membership would not, as European federalists argue, lead to a weaker Europe.

But contrary to common perception, Iraqi Shiites do not form a homogenous block that opposes the supposedly unified Sunnis.

Contrary to Newton's public image, most of his work was not devoted to science but rather to theology, mysticism and alchemy.

DAVOS Contrary to common perception, mental illness is a problem that is neither new nor unique to the developed world.

Contrary to the view that emotions interfere with clear thinking, the ability to understand and regulate emotions can result in more effective thinking.

In a rather obscure linguistic debate, Hamas has in previous negotiation rounds refused to commit itself to past PLO agreements with Israel, but has instead offered to respect them.

Contrary to common perception, the PLO has always been the only official negotiating partner with Israel and does not include Hamas.

America s Hope Against Hope

Esperanto exists despite the 'Esperantists'.

They held out against all odds.

Defying the prognosis, the patient survived.

Contrary to Anokhina's own view of her blogging as irreverent but pleasant, her work online often generates long and heated debates about religion, politics, and morality.

All of this activity is taking place against the odds.

Contrary to popular belief, more Europeans are currently migrating from Europe to Latin America and the Caribbean than in the opposite direction.

She cremated him against his wishes.

What the court should not do is order the hospital to continue to care for Golubchuk against the better judgment of its health care professionals.

The square does not, contrary to popular opinion, get its name from the colour of its bricks or from the red of communism, but instead comes from an old Russian word for beautiful .

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Contrary to expectations, the collapse of communism did not bolster international cooperation.

Despite the temptation to spend its way out of slump, Argentina's non interest expenditure remained roughly constant.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the government did not go on a spending binge.

It is this determination that they show against all odds.

Heed public opinion.

According to his opinion, yes.

We trust Tom's opinion.

So, none of these people are doing what they think is right.

Contrary to popular perception, the EU is not ruled by the European Commission in Brussels.

In contrast to the international trend of growing inequality, in Namibia, it is shrinking.

Contrary to Kashin's prediction a consensus was never fully formed.

Punish by way of trampling all over the law is fundamentally destroying the legitimacy of the government.

Contrary to the law, the police have been calling in people suspected of painting for questioning.

I made her play the piano against her will.

Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?