Word: dubious
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...symbolic move, unlikely to change the overall crime rate, but symbols can have tremendous importance, especially in politics Liberal solutions to most problems, not just crime, will demand that the government, instead of the so called free market, confront the problems of society. And these efforts will meet a dubious reception if the people of this country think the makers of these policies are corrupt...
...Congressional Budget Office rather than the rosier Administration numbers. According to the CBO, the deficit for fiscal 1983, which begins Oct. 1, could reach $180 billion if Congress does not pass any of the spending cuts proposed by Reagan. The Administration's formal budget proposal, based on the dubious assumption that Congress will accept the radical changes in domestic programs that are part of Reagan's budget, projected a $91.5 billion deficit when submitted in February. Last week the White House revised that figure up to $101.9 billion. But even presidential aides admit this is too optimistic...
...theories. For example, Schell-a confirmed Nixon hater whose last book, The Time of Illusion, was on Watergate-at one point suggests that Nixon could conceive of detente with the Soviet leaders partly because he and they shared a contempt for human rights. Not only is this charge dubious, to say the least, it is irrelevant to his thesis. Schell, like any writer, needs a good editor...
Although he seemed dubious about his training for the marathon, Rodgers may have a reason to take the focus off this stage of his career. While some may see him as out of the running, his goals are set further down the road, on the 1984 Olympic marathon team, and the American team for next year's International Track and Field Championships in Helsinki...
...COMMERCIAL SUCCESS of La Cage Aux Folles guaranteed an American imitation. Blake Edwards' attempt--Victor Victoria, a light, romantic comedy set around a decadent 1930's Paris nightclub which featured acts by male impersonators--transcends the dubious spinoff genre Barely. Somehow Victor Victoria, which stars Julie Andrews pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman, works; Blake Edwards has made another slick, funny film...