11.   Karevoll noted that the trend runs counter to previous consumer behavior, in which bankruptcies usually declined as financial conditions improved.

12.   Most analysts believe the WTO will rule against the United States if Washington slaps tariffs on Japanese cars, since such unilateral sanctions run counter to trade rules.

13.   People in Okinawa seem to think that playing up the danger in the prefecture runs counter to their best interests.

14.   Putin claims that a fifth of provincial laws run counter to federal legislation.

15.   Reciting such a pledge runs counter to their religious convictions.

16.   She is a Democrat too, but her theme runs counter to standard party doctrine about government.

17.   Still, support for controls on managed care among small-business owners runs counter to predictions by the National Federation of Independent Business that controls would be disastrous.

18.   Such pre-publication reviews on non-secret science run counter to the policies of research institutions, and MIT should not agree to such requests, the faculty committee said.

19.   Such thinking runs counter to what has been the fashion in academic circles.

20.   Still, the gain runs counter to other recent government statistics that suggest the economy is losing momentum.