…a member of a guerrilla force in Nicaragua which opposed the left-wing Sandinista government 1979–90, and was supported by the US for much of that time…
…(of the interpretation of an ambiguous contract) against the party which proposed or drafted the contract or clause…
…rotating in the opposite direction or in opposite directions, especially about the same shaft…
…tending to respond to a suggestion by believing or doing the contrary…
…a temporary arrangement where traffic on a road is transferred from its usual side to share the other half of the carriageway with traffic moving in the opposite direction…
…distinction made by contrasting the different qualities of two things…
…a US political scandal of 1987 involving the covert sale by the US of arms to Iran. The proceeds of the arms sales were used by officials to give arms to the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua, despite Congressional prohibition. Also called Iran-Contra affair or scandal…
…a US political scandal of 1987 involving the covert sale by the US of arms to Iran. The proceeds of the arms sales were used by officials to give arms to the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua, despite Congressional prohibition. Also called Iran-Contra affair or scandal…
