Word: dubious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleagues on survey questions and organization. Nevertheless, the authors believe in their work enough to suggest that the ratings of past Presidents are not likely to change much in the future. The two scholars concluded from their data that those historians who participated made their rankings not on the dubious grounds of personality traits like idealism, flexibility and obduracy, but on the solid dimensions of actual presidential accomplishments...
...MOVIE delicately handles Silkwood's sudden death at age 28, leaving her end appropriately dubious, since no one knows if she was murdered or had a fatal accident. Such judicious writing pervades the entire film, which moves along slowly, giving ample time to make the audience think about the implications of nuclear production...
...meant was "As a sow shows, so shall she reap." Thus, this week she will open an exhibit of some thoroughly priceless paintings at the Berry-Hill Galleries in New York City. Titled "Miss Piggy's Art Masterpieces: Treasures from the Kermitage Collection," the show will feature such dubious classics as Rodin's The Smooch, Botticelli's The Birth of You Know Who, and the piece of resistance, Da Vinci's The Mona Piga. Like other celebrated art collectors, Miss Piggy has already developed a philanthropic streak: the proceeds from the exhibit will be donated...
...drug produces a kind of mellow euphoria. Introduced in 1965 as a prescription sleeping pill, it was designed to provide a "quiet interlude," hence the name: Quaalude. But the sedative, whose generic name is methaqualone, became a notoriously abused drug. In a dubious tribute, one rock star even had a character in his act named Quay Lewd...
...only Congressional action passed despite Nixon's veto in 1973 (eight others failed), the Resolution possesses a dubious honor at best. On the one hand, it was an honest attempt by Congress to restrain a President who had almost certainly overstepped his Constitutional bounds. But on the other hand this legislation must be seen as a manifestation of the time in which it was written. As such it cannot be viewed as an objective piece of Constitutional adjustment. While the intentions behind it--achievement of a consensus of use of American force, guarantee of debate on potentially dangerous actions, fulfillment...