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Post's reporting suggests that Indian motivations are not crystal clear, with one senior aide to Prime Minister Vajpayee quoted as saying that the tests were scheduled a month ago and were not intended as a rebuff to international criticism, while another stated, "The news of the day is: India defies world opinion."
A fifth that defies comprehension is now the herbrew pony, borrowed from ponytail migrated from the back of the head to the forehead and came to mean bangs or fringe.
But when it comes to international monetary matters, Canada has often been a very interesting case--the country that defies the trends, that demonstrates by example the hollowness of the conventional wisdom of the moment.
History defies laws.
Over the decades, the agencies and the rules surrounding the intelligence community have accumulated to a depth that practically defies public comprehension.