Your adopted role as contrarian is becoming rather trite.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Different Perspective on Irreducible Complexity] Reference

And, right on cue, the market is up over 30\% since we highlighted that short-term contrarian signal.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Last week's news has raised the possibility that the GSEs could wind up actually being a profitable long-term contrarian play.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] Reference

The book is only 280 pages long, but so rich in contrarian assaults on cherished American assumptions I cannot adequately summarize it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why low standards for education are good] Reference

Find a serious 'contrarian' - one that doesn't lace their statements with nonsense, and you'll find someone perhaps worth interviewing.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

The idea of embracing out-of-favor stocks, sometimes called contrarian investing, isn't new.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contrarian Patience Pays Off -- Finally] Reference

This kind of contrarian play can be typified by Fannie Mae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defensive Darlings For A Tumbling Market] Reference

Instead, Hoerni, a self professed "contrarian," left the oxide layer on top of the wafer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planar Process] Reference

He's been peddling his 'contrarian' views for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Christine - Look to see why I call myself 'contrarian'.    From Wordnik.com.  [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference

The American Heritage Dictionary lists 'contrarian' also.    From Wordnik.com.  [Texas Rangers] Reference

Who will offer a "contrarian" take on Weisberg's Sensible Liberalism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sadly, No!] Reference

This "contrarian" stuff is not healthy, not reasonable, and downright harmful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Progress] Reference

But that kind of contrarian sensibility is suicidal in our modern political culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hartford Advocate: News] Reference

Seriously, is there some kind of contrarian clause in the articles that CiF commissions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

By definition, investing in desperate events is "contrarian" to herd activity, and not so easy to find.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Beijing pursues a "contrarian" approach by dealing with the "Mugabes and Bashirs of the world", he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

The "contrarian" strategy I'm suggesting here isn't new; correctly choosing upsets has always given pool jockeys a major boost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slate Magazine] Reference

It's a big undertaking in the midst of a steep economic downturn, but Winstanley said that he has always worked on "contrarian" projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Haven Independent] Reference

'under-researched' stocks or adopting a 'contrarian' style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News] Reference

Bottom-fishing for bargains requires a contrarian bent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bottom Fishing] Reference

Nor is he brashly contrarian in a Christopher Hitchens vein.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arts Extra: Books: Dispatches From The Fringe] Reference

Penn may be contrarian, but he's a contrarian with a mission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tough Guy Talking] Reference

An irascible contrarian, Adams argued too hotly for his own good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Founders Chic: Live From Philadelphia] Reference

You actually want a healthy tension and contrarian views expressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Run A White House] Reference

Lindzen's contrarian attitude about global warming first stirred in 1988.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth About Global Warming] Reference

Morris revels in his contrarian views, and they're by no means all farfetched.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Worry, America] Reference

But inevitably, the first contrarian views surfaced as the applause grew louder.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World In Shades Of Gray] Reference

The campaign takes some remarkably contrarian shots at Madison Avenue flim-flam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissing Customers] Reference

Given my contrarian nature, I'd like to suggest things we should resolve not to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let's Kill the Turkeys Before They Can Fly] Reference

I guess this makes me a contra contrarian — confused by sentiment, but still bullish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Contra Contrarian] Reference

A contrarian one: when things are going well, you don't have to go searching for wisdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t Forget the Owls] Reference

The trouble with being a contrarian these days is figuring out which way the crowd is going.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Contra Contrarian] Reference

She is fearless and natural, and it's no wonder she charmed a fierce contrarian like John McCain.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain’s Mrs. Right] Reference

Lamm was a contrarian, a well-intentioned politician who seemed almost perversely determined to offend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ross Reruns] Reference

Was it a contrarian reaction to the lionizing of Obama in Iowa, or to the polls that predicted her defeat?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of Apathy] Reference

But that looks unlikely, given a political career marked by the stubborn pursuit of his own contrarian agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Turning The Corner Yet] Reference