Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There is no doubt at all in my mind that the most gratifying experiences for me have been those in which I have been able to touch another life and make a difference," said Horner...
...onto the pages of national tabloids like the Record American. Wire services like the Associated Press and United Press International carried the stories, and papers similar to the National Enquirer sported headlines about the supposed salubrious and origiastic fests at the College, setting off a chain of rumors no doubt worse than the potentially scandalous situations College Deans had feared the year before...
...important tool for police and prosecutors. Matching a suspect's DNA, the genetic material found in most cells, with DNA found in blood or semen at the scene of a crime can provide seemingly indisputable evidence of guilt. But now DNA fingerprinting is itself on trial, and shadows of doubt are falling on detective work that once seemed virtually infallible. Says William Thompson, a professor of social ecology at the University of California at Irvine: "This technology has been steamrollered through the courts, and now it's beginning to get serious scrutiny...
...nearly so precise as the prosecution claimed. One expert calculated that there was a 1 in 78 chance that the blood on Castro's watch was not from the victim. That may be a small chance, but to the defense it constituted a distinct shadow of a doubt...
According to some reports, Deng last week traveled to Wuhan and Shanghai to rally the support of the generals. There is little doubt that his survival depends on the good offices of the P.L.A. To the rebellious students and their supporters, Deng, the progenitor of reform, is now viewed as an autocratic and imperious obstacle to it. It must have been particularly galling that many of the demonstrators' abusive slogans echoed his own words. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T RETIRE? read one sign in the square, reflecting Deng's frequent statement that he cannot step down because the country needs...