Word: doubting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...huge profits from increased attendance and souvenir sales. Says A.A.Z.P.A. Executive Director Robert Wagner: "If we don't watch what we're doing, we could love the giant panda into extinction in the next five years." Although Toledo will probably get its pandas, future short-term loans are in doubt...
...weekend, which is the custom at other institutions such Stanford, University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth. Harvard graduations fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; thus, the majority of relatives attending miss three or more days of work in order to see their loved one participate in the festivities. I doubt that they receive monetary compensation for those days of work they are forced to miss...
...definitely interested in preserving some of this culture. It should also want to respect the lifestyle and divergent needs of its Black newcomers. An institution that once so vehemently denied the admission of many Blacks should not turn around to admit Black students and then proceed to cast doubt on segments of their culture, simply because the administration lacks an adequate understanding of it. Such action, as evidenced by a doubt-casting investigation, shows that Harvard is bending over backwards to demonstrate disrespect...
...auditions and, later, what Mosher calls "small but significant rewrites during rehearsal" to accommodate the part to her. Adds Mosher: "Madonna brings a backbone of steel. Mamet made the character, rather than a poor soul who is battered to the ground, someone about whom there is an element of doubt." Indeed, the play's pivotal question is the true nature of her role, the smallest of the three but the engine of the plot. Says Mosher: "The audience is meant to go out asking one another: Is she an angel? Is she a whore...
Members of the cheerleading squad say they believe that if they can reach a level of athleticism and expertise that previous squads have been unable to achieve, then the department might support them. But department officials say they doubt the cheerleaders' level of support will change any time in the near future...