Word: dubiousness
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...Foley of Florida told TIME. "The Administration needs a central figure who can deliver a clear, potent message on the economy." But O'Neill scoffs at the notion that a Treasury Secretary's job should include trying to calm the markets or reassure the public. "I'm a little dubious," O'Neill told TIME, "that in the middle of a hurricane, a soothsayer can make the wind go away...
...With body consciousness increasingly an obsession, Asians are overgrazing the smorgasbord of weight-loss products and "miracle" diet aids, ranging from "fat-reducing" pressurized boots to expensive massage regimens. Nobody knows how many are buying untested products of dubious efficacy?certainly consumers number in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. At their most harmless, the products are a waste of time, money and good intentions. Some, however, are proving to be deadly. Over the past two years, seven women in Japan, Singapore and China have died due to the toxicity of the substances they ingested in the hope...
...News reports may scare consumers off dubious diet drugs for a while, and outlawed brands will disappear from the market. But other potentially dangerous products seem sure to crop up. Already, ephedrine?an amphetamine-like stimulant cited in 80 deaths in the U.S.?is reportedly gaining popularity as a diet drug in the region. "Humans have short memories," sighs Adachi, the Japanese doctor who sounded the alarm over pills containing N-nitroso fenfluramine. "So long as people insist on being thin, dangerous diet drugs will persist." In other words: as long as Asians are dying to be thin, there...
...first female Prime Minister. President Kim Dae Jung said the vote was a blow to his country's women and that South Korea could not expect to become successful if its women continued to play a secondary role. The vote against Chang followed allegations that she had conducted ethically dubious speculation in land, claimed falsely to have studied at Princeton University and encouraged her son to take U.S. citizenship to avoid military service: all denied by Chang...
...Foley of Florida told Time. "The Administration needs a central figure who can deliver a clear, potent message on the economy." But O'Neill scoffs at the notion that a Treasury Secretary's job should include trying to calm the markets or reassure the public. "I'm a little dubious," O'Neill told Time, "that in the middle of a hurricane, a soothsayer can make the wind go away...