Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doubt Ronald Reagan's sincerity when he calls for a drug-free America? After all, the President produced a sample of his urine for analysis last year and asked his Cabinet and White House staff to do the same. When he ordered 1 million federal workers in "sensitive" jobs to submit to drug testing, however, he did not explain how it would be administered. The answer came last week, but the complex guidelines seem to create a combination of Big Brother and high school bathroom monitors -- a sort of Big John...
Some Wall Street aerospace experts doubt that the satellite-launching business will live up to expectations. One reason: demand may be depressed somewhat by the new fiber-optic cable networks now under construction across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which can handle many transmission needs as well as satellites do. Demand for launches might be reduced further by a new satellite-placement technique introduced last year. A slight change in the way satellites are positioned with respect to the earth is expected to reduce substantially the fuel needed to keep them in the correct orbital slot. If so, new satellites...
...obviously decided to turn a deaf ear to the unprecedented testimony of numerous governors and members of Congress who voiced their opposition to this proposal. In the 60 days the commission has allowed for public comment, I have no doubt that they will get an earful. I can only hope their hearing improves," added the Massachusetts Democrat...
Although hardly flawless, The Day Room is impressively successful as DeLillo's first play. Its return to Cambridge was no doubt encouraged by last year's well-received A.R.T. run. Theatergoers are fortunate to have another crack at it, especially given the uneven quality of this season's A.R.T. offerings. Lately, first-rate scripts seem hard to come by, and Don DeLillo looks to be a valuable resource in the future. Let's hope his promise is no mere illusion...
Ironically, renewed hostilities in the 18-year-old war against the Communist guerrillas could improve Aquino's shaky standing with the military. Many officers who believe that her government has been too soft on the rebels have been itching for an all-out brawl with the insurgents. Few doubt that dissidents in the military still present the gravest threat to Aquino's political survival, despite several failed coup attempts in the past year. "What you have seen so far was nothing more than a warm-up of the jayvees," warns a disgruntled colonel. "You haven't seen the first team...