1.   But in Anaheim, Paul Kariya and the Mighty Ducks are defying conventional wisdom.

2.   But this is San Francisco, a place that often delights in defying conventional wisdom.

3.   But Yugoslavia has often defied conventional wisdom.

4.   Company officials hailed the fixed-price offer as an industry trendsetter that defies conventional wisdom on aircraft production.

5.   Corel defied common wisdom by leaving older, cheaper versions on the shelves as new versions were introduced, on average once a year.

6.   Defying conventional wisdom that only the rich can employ an architect to design a truly original house, the couple hired a top Seattle firm.

7.   Each of them has the fierce, charismatic confidence to suggest a will to defy conventional wisdom.

8.   He finds it easy, he says, to defy conventional wisdom.

9.   His resilience repeatedly has defied conventional wisdom.

10.   In Anaheim, Paul Kariya and the Mighty Ducks are defying conventional wisdom.