Word: dubiously
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...counter and requested an Amstel Light. The youngster behind the cash register, after getting over the shock of the order, called for an over-18 employee from the back. Squeaking, "Sorry, I'm not allowed to ring it up," he deferred to his co-worker, of dubious age herself. Although his colleague accepted the Florida driver's license without question, the minor requested a second look. Glancing down, he announced, "It says she turns 21 on 2/3/99. She's not 21 yet!" After a gentle reminder of the recent millennium celebration, he sheepishly surrendered the ID and gave...
...Gore needs to say something. The American people have shown a broad bipartisan concern for the environment. Texas Gov. George W. Bush was governor when Dallas won the dubious honor of being named the smog capital of America. Bush may have a worthy response to this accusation, but under our current money-guided politics, we'll never know. Nobody is moving this issue to the front-and-center...
...idea of viewers belonging to--deeply identifying with--a cable channel is the concept through which Laybourne, at Nickelodeon, may have changed cable. Nick's current slogan, "I believe in Nick, 'cause it believes in me," while a little dubious (do fourth-graders taking tests psych themselves up by remembering that a Viacom subsidiary believes in them?), sums up the philosophy neatly. Oxygen is applying that lesson with an ad campaign that stresses "great reasons to be a woman" ("No back hair," "Baby's first word: mama") and has bought a Super Bowl spot. It's also leveraging its website...
...Arrow Pub and the Mass. Ave. Dunkin' Donuts may be about to join The Tasty in a dubious Harvard Square clique: Good Will Hunting made them famous, development could make them disappear...
With time waning on the clock, Harvard mounted a furious attack around the Princeton net, but was unable to find the equalizer, thanks in part to a dubious call by referee Fred Campatelli...