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diametrically

dahy uh me tri kuh lee

  • r  as from opposite ends of a diameter
    when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?
    three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three

  • Thus far, the two sides have offered diametrically opposed solutions to the problem that uranium-enrichment capability can be adapted to develop nuclear-weapons materiel.
  • What the titans had wrought seemed so diametrically the opposite of their promise as to be darkly comic: the visions of shiny, virile factories gave way to the stubble of backyard .
  • Bush came to Washington facing almost diametrically opposing economic conditions, yet he offered up the same solutions as Reagan.
Quotes

  • Steve Jobs in Wall Street Journal
    In his letter, Mr. Jobs said the iPhone software development kit will take until February because the company is "trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once -- provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time...
  • Castro in International Herald Tribune
    These have truly been difficult moments, although with a diametrically different impact than that expected by our enemies, who wished for chaos to take hold and for Cuban socialism to collapse,Castro said. "Senior US officials even made...
  • Sergey Lavrov in Guardian Unlimited
    They emerged from the talks seemingly no closer to a solution, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying "our positions are diametrically opposed and for the moment I don't see any chance of the positions moving closer to one another."

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