Word: dubiousness
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...decades, video gamers had little more to fear than “joystick elbow,” eyestrain, bad posture, or keyboard-induced carpal tunnel syndrome. Some flashy graphics sequences posed threats to epileptics, but that’s nothing new; many effects-laden television programs boast that dubious distinction...
...since Lewis and Clark included both sprawling territories on their famed 19th century westward expedition have Illinois and Montana been so closely linked. But now they share a dubious distinction as the only two states to have failed thus far to compile and release standardized student test results for 2006 as required under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, giving further fodder to the law's critics who claim test scores have little to do with providing a solid education in the first place...
...Sydney, Australia, has forced me to amend this view. The seminar, entitled “U.S. Hegemony and International Law” and taught by Professor Shirley Scott, consists of weekly classes in which U.S. foreign policy is routinely lambasted. Should the legality of a U.S. action be dubious under international law, it will indubitably be viewed as illegal in class. For instance, the class devoted to the illegality of the Iraq war featured, for homework, only readings that argue the illegality of the war—never mind that numerous academics have argued the war is legal under international...
Last year’s Crimson squad earned the dubious honor of being the only team in the Ivy League for which all five starters averaged over 30 minutes of playing time per game. But early action this year demonstrates Sullivan’s desire to use more players off the bench...
...that William Safire and Ellen Goodman (both Jewish) would be in accord on every topic they wrote about. I hope Golding sees that, taking other factors into account, coming to either of these conclusions would be utterly ridiculous. Religious affiliation of any kind is a very dubious ground on which to base such a somber decision as to whom one wants to entrust his or her government. RUNA ISLAM ’00 East Palo Alto, Calif. November...