1.   And an elderly woman selling sunflower and pistachio seeds to the throngs of gawkers on the street had a contrarian view some Westerners might appreciate.

2.   Besides, leaving race out of it, this City Hall has little use for contrarian views.

3.   He sought to present himself as a legitimate historian with contrarian views on the Holocaust.

4.   He stood by his contrarian view even as the stock kept climbing.

5.   His contrarian views on austerity measures and bailouts had brought pressure from the Clinton administration for his departure.

6.   It comes from Orley Ashenfelter, wine iconoclast and bane of the wine establishment, who is once again making waves with his contrarian views.

7.   Some analysts, taking the contrarian view, see opportunity in such pessimism, expecting that gold can only go up at this point.

8.   The Bruins have assumed a contrarian view in recent days.

9.   Yet another option is to take a contrarian view and go against the grain.

10.   Yet in a year when just about every prognosticator has been wrong about just about every prediction, it may make sense to take a contrarian view.