Word: dubiousness
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Hunter's was not Sydney's only drug case, and his explanation wasn't even the most dubious. In competitions from race walking to hammer throwing, no fewer than three dozen athletes and coaches were removed for using or supplying banned substances. Dozens more had been pulled from the Games before opening ceremonies because they would have been nailed, and uncounted others were taking human growth hormones and other illicit substances for which no tests were administered...
...soft money took center stage last week, when the candidates signed an agreement to stop accepting any unregulated contributions. And this week, campaign finance dogmatists Sens. Russ Feingold and John McCain challenged Gore and Bush to follow suit. Gore, who's seen by many as the ultimate master of dubious fund-raising practices, managed to simultaneously accept the challenge and take a swipe at his opponent. Bush demurred, saying he didn't think he could trust Gore to follow through on such a promise...
...inadequate knowledge of international politics and geography just owing to his having a bad day? I don't think so. It reminds me of some of the gaffes of former Vice President Dan Quayle. I hope Americans will not decide to elect a President who has similar dubious qualities. KURT E. SCHEWE Bad Hofgastein, Austria...
Illingworth's argument that the Institute should not have a table because it has no responsibility for undergraduate education ignores the fact that no other organization at the fair has that responsibility either. Moreover, Lewis's assertion that the Radcliffe Institute does not organize extracurricular activities seems dubious. Among the resources at Radcliffe cited in the Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard are the Mentor Program, the Externship Program, the Radcliffe Dance Program, the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program and the Radcliffe Seminars, all of which invite the participation of undergraduates...
...flinch at explaining the blue eye shadow. "The makeup enables judges to see expressions on our faces. If we're smiling during a nice piece of music or looking scary during an angry piece, that's all part of the score." Any sport in which facial expressions count seems dubious, yet, as Barton notes, "I don't think people would be so interested if we were ugly and gasping for air." And that's the main point, exemplified by U.S. synchers Kristina Lum and Heather Olson posing half-naked in this month's Maxim...