Word: dubiousness
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...honesty of the pioneering giants of the past. "Judging from their behavior, they have no shame," says former Justice Minister David Libai. Despite the public outcry over his handling of the Katsav case, Mazuz is still Israel's best bet for instilling a sense of shame - and fear - in dubious politicians...
...underdeveloped: only 22% of African households have access to electricity. That leaves plenty of opportunity for businesses to profit as the continent attempts to catch up. In recent years, for example, the number of mobile-phone subscribers in Africa has soared by over 50% a year. But Africa's dubious reputation is a huge obstacle to the development it needs. After all, who wants to invest in a place where they suspect the game is rigged...
...theater watching Live Free. We're there to be rendered breathless by the stunts and the CGI tricks, which are admirably managed. And for the film's relentless, one-damn-thing-after-another pacing. In its primitiveness, its refusal of anything like psychological nuance or big ideas, lies its dubious glory. It is a movie born to be forgotten-except as something that against your better judgment, you had a pretty good time watching back in the summer of '07. Which is more than you can say for other elephantine sequels moping dolorously around us this year...
...Giuliani's alleged straight talk seems even more dubious than Romney's apparent duplicity. First, Giuliani is not really standing firm. He's adjusting his position as much as he dares, and then he's standing firm. He used to support federal funding for abortion. Now he doesn't. And now, like Romney, he has been personally opposed to abortion all along. In the second Republican debate, he referred glibly to "millions and millions of Americans who are of as good conscience as we are, who make a different choice on abortion." Antiabortion Republicans watching may have thought, Whoa! What...
...Jabar's battalion is set to leave the area soon, to be replaced by a unit run by one of his prot?g?s. But beyond the fairness and effectiveness of individual Iraqi units is the political reality of a Shi'ite-dominated government that sends Shi'ite soldiers, some of dubious affiliation, to operate in dangerous Sunni neighborhoods. Ghazaliya is calmer now because Sunnis are putting their faith in the U.S. military, a force destined to leave as soon as it possibly can. When the Americans are gone, however, the mistrust between Iraqis will remain...