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...Conservative Party. "Fraud can therefore lie hidden within the system, undetected and untraced." With memories still fresh of the 1999 collapse of the previous European Commission under allegations of fraud and incompetence - few were ever proved - Andreasen's accusation whipped up a furor in British politics, especially among Euro-skeptic Tories...
Over the years the medical arguments for prescribing estrogen were also updated. "The vapid cowlike state was gone, and there was very scientific language about bone density and heart disease," explains Cynthia Pearson, executive director of the National Women's Health Network, a longtime skeptic...
...political stars like Park Geun Hye, daughter of former autocrat Park Chung Hee might engineer a new party to fight the election. If South Korea's Prince Charming does enter the fray, the outsider aura he's enjoying now could burn off. And, as one MDP insider and Chung skeptic puts it: "The Korean public can distinguish between sports and politics." But stretching out in his seat on the plane to Cheju, Chung already sounds like he's on the stump, talking about improving standards of living, tackling what he sees as a "crisis of leadership in Korean politics...
...Hollywood skeptic, appraising Fred for the first time, the Astaires' stage stardom could be attributed to snob appeal and second-balcony myopia. The fuss must have been about Adele. Look at her brother. In long shot Fred's body photographed small, fragile, bewildered. In close-up he looked - and, in moments of earthbound repose, acted - like Stan Laurel. Thus the famous pronouncement on Astaire's first screen test: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little." But oh, how he danced! That was evident from his second film, "Flying Down to Rio" (1933), when he was paired...
Despite all Kaptchuk’s success and his hopes about alternative medicine’s potential, Kaptchuk acknowledges that the future of his field is an uncertain one. “I’m a skeptic even though I’m a practitioner,” he says. “I’m not sure these therapies are most effective. They may work better on the fringe...