Word: doubtings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doubt that Harvard could compete against Miami or the bigger schools," said University of Miami wide receiver Michael Irvin, a 1988 first-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys...
...acolyte immediately recognized the dilemma. "I don't want to lie," he said, "but neither do I want to be beaten. What should I do?" The wise old philosopher, who is now no doubt a Presidential campaign consultant, replied, "Then you must only laugh and say, 'This boy! Ha Ha Ha! Look at this...
...result of the Academic Index is a sharp reduction in the number of basketball players that are eligible to play for Ivy League teams. "There's no doubt about it that the Al keeps our pool down," Cormier says. "All the Ivies are going after the same kids...
...doubt that anyone worries about a genetic experiment in the lab gone awry with 50-ft. white mice rampaging godzilla-like through our cities, or about cancer genes that go wild, communicating the disease and wiping out huge segments of the population. Such things simply are not in the realm of possiblity in terms of genetic research...
...patients protect themselves? Experts offer the usual consumer advice: grill the doctor about each test, ask if the lab is accredited by the Government or a professional group, refuse procedures that seem unneeded and insist on a retest when in doubt. But few people, when ill, are up to bucking their physicians or shopping around for lab tests. Insurance companies have more power. Last year Blue Cross & Blue Shield created new guidelines for common diagnostic tests, which suggested that the plan might eventually refuse to pay for unneeded ones. The ultimate goal: to prevent useless tests from being ordered...