Word: dubiousness
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...yammering classes keep comparing this situation to 1960, and keep citing Richard Nixon's supposedly selfless decision not to challenge John Kennedy's almost invisible and highly dubious margin of victory in Cook County, Illinois. Selfless maybe. Some said it was the prospect of counter-challenges to Republican votes in downstate Illinois that deterred Nixon - along with knowledge that if he challenged the result, it would both tear the nation apart and forever end his political career...
...there any grounds for turning the nation's news organizations over to so many pipsqueak Al Rokers? There is a widespread, but according to at least some experts dubious, belief that bad weather benefits Republicans (who will have Jeeves fire up the SUV and drive to the polls in heated comfort) and hurts Democrats (who are so hindered already by The Man's oppression that a sizable shower makes exercising the franchise out of the question...
...most entertaining part of the evening was "Deck of Cards." In it, Morris gains the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only man to ever choreograph for a remote controled 18-wheeler. The first segment of the piece featured said remote controled 18-wheeler rolling across the stage with lights flashing. And things only got better as the twangy sounds of a George Jones somebody-done-me-wrong song rolled out and a woman in a flowing red dress and pumps struck a dramatic pose onstage. I checked my program again because I thought that Mark Morris was performing this...
...that's just the beginning. In need of help with his book learning, Carl wins the support of the dubious local librarian (an appealing Aunjanue Ellis). Can love and marriage be far behind? Not in this movie. Will Carl attain his goal and Billy's reluctant respect? Why are we bothering...
...environment, Gore has the clear edge. The author of the 1992 manifesto Earth in the Balance is an avid supporter of the Kyoto protocol--a 1997 commitment signed by over 100 countries to stem global emissions of greenhouse gases. By contrast, Bush's home state of Texas has the dubious distinction of having one of the worst environmental records in the nation. Gore has vowed to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil exploration and is committed to saving the everglades. Bush, by contrast, has presented unconvincing proposals that would give private industries limited incentives to clean up their...