Some heurige go for a rural look that is somewhat contrived, but here it could not be otherwise.
The other kind of immortality was contrived in the shadows of the tax code.
Reid's men took the lead before half-time but contrived to concede three after the restart.
Some entrepreneurs reject such early and contrived planning as too complex--or inappropriate for children.
It is a bit contrived and stagy, but the music's nice and the images memorable.
It is invariably contrived, never creates any real value, and is simply not necessary.
The expedition will be documented with plenty of contrived drama to be used in the classroom.
It may sound contrived, but you can distract people with fun much easier than with fear.
This is evidence that the company's growth and profitability are genuine, not contrived from accounting gimmickry.
Although the resolution seems a bit contrived, the emotional core the depth of the familial bond remains powerful.
Many, amongst the poorest of Hondurans, were exploited and paid to march in contrived rallies.
It seems scripted and contrived, as if the producers thought we needed the drama of judge conflict.
The authorities say the videos were contrived by the opposition and leaked to coincide with the election.
The Internet is much more effective at testing offers and ad creative than a contrived focus group.
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After the qualifiers, Italy contrived to lose a friendly to Belgium, their second opponents in Euro 2000.
The volume of their contrived outrage indicates the degree to which their mythical alarmist consensus has been shattered.
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Further, there is more of a collective attitude in Scotland, some of it authentic, some of it contrived.
But they were far outnumbered by those who lamented Valentine's Day as artificial, contrived and absurdly overly commercialized.
The British tried to diminish the commission when they contrived a deliberately weak president for it, Mr Santer.
Calhoun, who contrived the rationale nullification for Southern secession, and Strom Thurmond, who led the South out of the Democratic Party.
But fortunately, the site has a lot more to offer than contrived self-importance.
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This squabble is contrived, a forced tension that is neither necessary or believable.
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The new commission should have contrived to award Mr Van Buitenen a medal.
When she began gaining prominence as leader of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party, the government contrived to oust her.
You've never seen so many pointlessly contrived optical effects shots in your life.
Between them they contrived to prevent a Welsh assembly debate about military action.
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People who become seriously ill will no longer be thrown off their coverage for reasons contrived by the insurance company.
Even more disastrously, the story outside the story is just as hyped up and contrived, and Carrey scarcely more plausible.
After so much genuine drama in banking over the past two years, the commotion about this week's announcements was contrived.
No reason, really, why they should: this was cheesy, contrived material in 1939 and in 1957, and it still is.
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