Some of the professors were skeptical a woman could succeed in engineering, and the prejudice persisted long after her grades proved real aptitude for the profession.
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People usually look at Africa in a skeptical way, a place that needs to be helped.
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Mr. Bush may have to do what he's done with Social Security over the past few months: using his bully pulpit to try to sell a skeptical nation on a major policy change.
The Clinton administration is pulling out all the stops in an effort to convince a skeptical Congress and a divided American public that sending troops to Bosnia to help maintain peace is a good idea.
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One problem with taking a skeptical look at a Dr. Oz show is that he packs each episode with scientific claims, coming at you thick and fast, and it would take hours to critique them all.
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Hal Rosen, a manager of research at Hitachi, says he's impressed by the researchers' ability to shrink so much storage into such a small space, but skeptical that a self-assembling method could create larger-scale disks.
Now, if the majority of Americans are skeptical of a blanket amnesty, they are also skeptical that it is possible to round up and deport 11 million people.
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The skeptical counter-arguments are a near perfect proxy for skeptical global arguments as a whole.
When Jason Austin, a 29-year-old IT professional, was skeptical of a potential date he'd met online, he did what anyone who's seen an episode of "Catfish" (or just has plain common sense) would do: He turned to Facebook.
If nothing else, you should be skeptical of a tracking stock for the same reason you should be skeptical of any new issue: The issuer is going to be the most motivated to issue it when it can be sold for more than it's worth.
Keith Hennessey, a former Hill staffer and Bush Administration official, also is skeptical of a confrontational approach.
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Although Hagel has been a skeptical hawk, he is a Republican hawk nonetheless.
Some experts are skeptical that a drug can really have a dramatic impact on reducing obesity.
Indeed, Madison was skeptical of a bill of rights, which he believed to be a mere parchment barrier.
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Tim is skeptical that a high-cost, high-tech Apple TV will sell at a premium price point, as some analysts are suggesting.
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The spokesman initially sounded skeptical that a company could leverage online criticism against it for a better position in search results.
Some might be skeptical that a user with, say, a thousand photos on Picasa would find it so easy to walk away.
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But I am skeptical about a budget or a tax plan that would suggest that taking money away from a problem is a complete solution.
Mapping out the proper steps for each is not possible, and physicians have been skeptical that a piece of paper with a bunch of little boxes would improve matters much.
My gold gurus, Frank Giustra and Chris Wood are skeptical about a meaningful deal on retrenchment in the US, and strongly believe gold as a momentum play has no equal.
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While Mr. Mandl initially was skeptical of a buyout, he shuttled between Mr. Dell andEgon Durban, Silver Lake's point man in the buyout talks, to make sure Dell shareholders got the best deal possible, said people close to the talks.
While Mr. Mandl initially was skeptical of a buyout, he shuttled between Mr. Dell and Egon Durban, Silver Lake's point man in the buyout talks, to make sure Dell shareholders got the best deal possible, said people close to the talks.
Jim Stack at InvesTech is keeping his eye on housing stocks, bond yields and market breadth to gauge the impact of the Fed's move on the market in the next two weeks, though he certainly remains skeptical about a turnaround right now.
The men were hungry, but their boss in the white helmet was a bit skeptical when I told him a guy working at a hot dog cart some 10 blocks away claimed to have 50 hot dogs he could sell them.
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Analyst reports from underwriting banks are often viewed by investors with a skeptical eye, because banks collect fees for taking a company public.
With a headline like that, you might be skeptical about such a bold claim from tech dev AMD, and you should be.
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Well okay, that money was actually earmarked for a health care newsletter rather than to advance their insidiously skeptical positions regarding a looming climate catastrophe.
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But local officials say it will take time to convince a skeptical public that the hospital can live up to its billing as a provider of health care.
Singh started his coverage in 2002 with a skeptical "hold" rating and upgraded Lucent before its shares began a slow rise from penny-stock status to once again being a worthwhile investment.
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