Word: doubting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
MOST PEOPLE in my experience harbor a suspicion that God does not approve of their sexuality. Despite the earnest efforts of clergy and religious educators in both the Jewish and Christian traditions to suggest otherwise, the opinion subsists, fed, no doubt on the remnants of a preadolescent identification of the Divinity with one's own parents. In consequence, discussions that mix religion and sexual values tend to be particularly loaded...
Modest economic progress, however, could be destroyed in a moment by another military coup. The government is confident that the Garcia Meza trial will not provoke one, but many officials privately doubt whether the former dictator will be brought to justice...
...student's view on college concentrations is usually insightful, especially for those readers who may be ambivalent about their own choices. However, Mr. Smith provided little wisdom at all, serving only to perpetuate inaccurate and damaging stereotypes. Though "Pre-Meds" may be overzealous in their quest for grades, I doubt that any would stoop so low as to steal a wallet. It wouldn't even help their grades. Mr. Smith chose only to portray every college major in its worst stereotypical light. Attitudes such as these, even if in jest, serve only to misinform and misrepresent. To add insult...
...doubt that, as Professor Hoffmann suggests, anyone was drafted to work for the OSS in World War II. In my letter, I clearly stated that scholars are under no obligation to assist the CIA. To say that American intelligence would be improved if scholars offered help if they as individuals so desire, is hardly comparable, as Professor Hoffmann implied, to advocating state sponsored propaganda. While I have no objections to being labeled a neo-conservative--though my political views, no less than Professor Hoffmann's, deny such easy categorization--references to unnamed "ideologues" who are willing to justify any means...
...doubt, many members of Rosales' audience accepted at face value his claim to represent a group of democratic "freedom fighters." That conservatives continue to do this is not only mystifying, but frustrating as well. This is exactly the same self-deception that prompted many American leftists to believe the Sandinistas' claim of being a democratic, peaceful source of social good, and to give the Leninist Daniel Ortega repeated standing ovations during his 1984 Harvard appearance...