Word: dubiously
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Myers has never gone to an endocrinologist, taken hormones, or undergone chromosomal analysis because he says he believes they are of dubious value...
...named Joe Pistone when he penetrated a New York Mafia family in the 1970s. He lived this lie for six years, knowing that one miscue, one bad line reading could be his death warrant. Then he spent twice that time testifying against men with whom he had developed certain dubious collegial bonds. Today Pistone, who emerged lately to do some cheerleading for the film, lives under yet another identity--the Mob has a long-standing $500,000 price on his head...
Paying for access is now a commonplace action. Clinton, after commenting on dubious donations a few weeks ago at a press conference, then proceeded to attend a $10,000-a-plate fundraiser for the Democratic National Party. Only the naive would think either the food or the speech (judging by the impact of the State of the Union address) was the motive for the exorbitant price...
Among his would-be exploiters are a sometime revivalist (Christopher Walken), now reduced to selling used RVs and aluminum siding; a Catholic fundamentalist (Tom Arnold), prepared to enforce a return to the Latin Mass, at gunpoint if necessary; a dubious record promoter (Paul Mazursky), worried that Juvenal won't tour as the Pope does; a star biographer (Janeane Garofalo), looking for the inside gossip; and, of course, a TV host (Gina Gershon), half smarm, half snarl...
When Robbie Reimuller (Seth Adkins) is diagnosed as having epilepsy, his parents Lori (Streep) and Dave (Fred Ward) go along with the specialists' recommendations. But Dr. Abbasac (Allison Janney), a real Cruella DePill type, makes Robbie a tiny living lab for dubious experiments. Ann Beckett's bold teleplay charges doctors with being addicted to prescribing dangerous drugs to kids. The medical ordeal also acts as a mind-altering drug on Dave and Lori; it twists their love into rage and recrimination...