Word: dubiousness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...addition to this unacceptable form of emotional persuasion, the Picture Balata presentation contained factual errors. These were not merely “interpretive” differences; several of the statements were either clearly untrue or dubious. One such questionable statement was made in the introduction which claimed that “soldiers invade the camp four to five nights a week.” The 25,000 residents of Balata, a community established nearly 60 years ago, do not live in the desolate “camp” implied by the children. In actuality, they live in concrete...
...This extremely high number seems questionable, highlighting a problem in how we talk about sexual violence. I am willing to believe that there are significantly negative circumstances surrounding all of these incidents, but I am dubious that all of these actually constituted rape. Morning-after guilt and regrets can give way to overblown cries of violation or abuse. Sexual communication is often difficult, so in the moment that a line has been crossed, the line is not always altogether clear...
...Part of it is the softer edge of technology. Few people believe that Microsoft’s dubious dealings in the 90s were truly acting against the public interest. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page unseated MSN and Yahoo with a mere algorithm—proof of the economy’s democratic nature. Tech fortunes just seem less exploitative, built on mainframes and lines of code rather than the backs of unskilled laborers...
...wants to maintain its beloved spot in the hearts of drunken Harvardians. Lee plans to introduce online ordering soon to stay competitive in Harvard Square, “where customers are a little more computer savvy.” As for the discrepancy between the establishment’s dubious reputation and its newfangled image as a yuppie hangout, Samaha insists that the Web site is the first step in the Kong’s modernization. The goal is to cast off the sketchiness and “make people realize that there is decent food in there...
...paced like a Jerry Bruckheimer action spectacle, one that keeps stripping its leading actress and placing her in one sexually charged situation after another, while challenging the essential good guy/bad guy conflict of almost every movie ever made about "the good war." It discomfits us and makes us dubious about the filmmaker's intentions...