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After all, they are about trying to persuade others of your opinion, based upon questionable research.

Morton said the records of acquisition in Europe either did not exist, or were questionable, so the U. S. government seized the coffin. U.

How much demand these bonds would attract relative to short- and intermediate-dated debt, however, is questionable.

"But it is questionable how quickly and how much of that will happen. "

How much longer it can accumulate foreign assets to absorb inflows is questionable.

Meanwhile, it's very questionable how much effect tax rebates will have on consumer demand.

But even if they knew about them, it is questionable how much they would object.

But whether such information can be standardised enough to be computer-readable for comparison on company websites is questionable.

The company made it questionable whether the equipment should be employed at all.

In the Glover case, the police would not face such stiff charges now if they had simply owned up to a questionable shooting.

Indeed, the Chinese seem to be aping some of the more questionable parts of the American system.

At this point, they are investing in an entrepreneur who has not hit their numbers and whose credibility is questionable.

There is always a lot that you know instinctively to be questionable but you do not take the time to research it.

Consider what seems to have been some questionable lawyering surrounding Jiayuan. com's corporate structure and brand.

It also said the original consultation process had been "questionable and hasty" and called for further consultation on the issue.

The only potential crime, he explained, was one of questionable morality.

But they are very explicit and would certainly seem to at least make this app questionable, if not out-and-out against the T&Cs.

In his multiple-edition book Stocks for the Long Run, Jeremy Siegel comments on the questionable history of gold for the U. S. investor.

And he concluded: " In the final analysis, it is questionable whether a compelling and rational argument on this issue is possible . "

McNeill says that at her library they have to ask someone "to please 'not look at questionable material' at least once a month. "

It's questionable whether she can stand up to such a severe test of her courage.

Where it is a question of others' questionable behaviour, a standard answer is that it is up to each individual to decide for himself.

He felt he would like to move out of the city where people knew him so well, because of my previous questionable reputation.

It is questionable whether combining a directory structure into a single file, compressed or not, is a viable option for every system.

A touch " " is fingered by, notes in a touching, if the surface is smooth, this note is questionable.

All that thinking and pondering on the what-if scenarios and the questionable doubt only stirred up another question - why was I saved?

It includes as host of words with a very questionable right to be regarded as belonging to the language.

But the offensive utility of nuclear weapons is questionable; they have not been used since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Easy to be a good model of free decoration Housing, but also found that occupancy after questionable.

It was, to say the least, a questionable career swerve.

Larry: Then you're villains? Practitioners of the Dark Arts? I will stop you with my badly-mangled Latin and questionable logic!

There is no proven drug therapy that attenuates the course of SARS. Ribavirin has been used with questionable success.

Revising inflation projections upwards while simultaneously tightening, as he did in July, was another questionable move.

This potentially condemns patients to a lifetime on medication of questionable effectiveness and with strong side-effects.

And although I believe the kind of areas we saw here were due to questionable judgment, or a lack of attention, not intentional wrongdoing.

"The data is questionable and mixed, but oysters do make a nice appetizer, " she said.

Attacking A to make him give up B might seem ethically questionable, but in battle such a tactic is not uncommon.

You don't need us to tell you that there's lots and lots of irrelevant, outdated, and questionable information out there.

"There are people who are going to be donating money that's a lot more questionable than mine, " she said.

Perhaps, although he failed to stop the questionable deals that had given Mr Spitzer the ammunition to use against him.

Despite the questionable decisions he made, the king welcomed hellos son with open arms and trust.

Distrust is not a lack of faith or belief in someone, but a feeling of warning towards someone or something questionable or unknown.

Moreover, given the constraints China is beginning to face, its ability to maintain that torrid growth is highly questionable.

Does the writer use questionable assumptions without addressing problems which might be inherent in those assumptions?

The truth is that the blood lineage of many participants is questionable and many have been born out of wedlock. (IE they are bastards).

Moreover, some state-owned enterprises have most of their assets tied up in property that is now of questionable value.

And yet there was but one woman of dubious and questionable memory to him.

The CIA is one of the most secretive agencies in the world and is responsible for some questionable experimentation tactics.

There's also the question of whether Vogue doesn't sometimes allow a fashionable tail to wag a questionable dog.

While this isn't easy, judging by the constant changes in circumstances, what's wise one day could be questionable the next.

It is questionable whether any of the pits would have been cleaned up had it not been for the campaigners.

To combine so many complex variables into such a long-range forecast (Goldman) had to make several questionable assumptions.

Most law enforcement officers do an excellent job, but they are people, and a few of them may sometimes make questionable decisions.

Independent accountants audit the company annually. The IRS audits questionable income tax returns.

MRI or other imaging studies are seldom needed but can be used to confirm a questionable diagnosis.

How far China's decision-making, opaque even to its own officials, will be submitted to outside scrutiny is questionable.

All told, it is questionable whether the governing parties will sustain their assertion that the Gaza operation was a brilliant success.

De ite the questionable decision he made, the king welcomed his son with open arms and trust.

A questionable phone call is not gonna stack up to that.

With all that in mind, its questionable how far you can get just by book learning.

Do not open any files attached to ane-mail if the subject line is questionable or unexpected.

Whether ambulatory patients have increased gastric volumes when compared with in patients scheduled for surgery is now questionable.

The accusation was highly questionable, since the soldiers' commanders had told them not to shoot first.

The instruments and implements in the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices have been proven to be complete frauds.

What remains of IndyMac's franchise is of questionable value, to put it charitably .

Sure there was some sad times and maybe some questionable decisions on his part, but Michael Jackson accomplished everything he dreamed of.

Therefore, the existence of normative rules that accurately describe the human cognitive reasoning mechanism is questionable.

GM's current range, with the exception of glamorous, if questionable, sports cars like the latest Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, make glum viewing.

Stops any questionable persons from going up to guests' rooms and notifies security.

They had a loveless goodness, orthodoxy without charity, and a questionable faith.

A questionable offer lacking business sense and political will, this proposed takeover offers investors much to complain about.

Unfortunately, the information available to the researcher is both thin and of questionable validity.

It's hard to remember, but at the time, signing Joe to a huge contract was considered a questionable move by the Hawks.

I really didn't want to leave high school at all, and it was questionable whether I wanted to grow up after all.

Due to the lack of evidence, existence of Solution B is still questionable and even considered a hoax.

Addison: It has been spared the sensational and commercial publicity, that attends such questionable honors as the Pulitzer Prize.

The company has slid 80% since late May, amid allegations by a short seller of questionable accounting, which the company has denied.

An undertaking of a questionable nature , especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs .

My mother would be indignant about Jesus' ignoble place on a shelf alongside figurines of questionable taste.

Another questionable practice was banks pushing analysts to set unrealistic price targets for companies going public.

When we have unlimited sources of information, and when so much of what comes at us is questionable, our lives get more challenging.

Its accuracy is questionable, and the results vary with the specific procedure used, and with test temperature .

The Victorians who thought them up were unwittingly laying the foundation stone for some of the most questionable practices in management.

The evidence from the crisis of 10 years ago reminds us that this contribution is highly questionable.

In the questionable conditions of her life stall bullet always dubious and pathetic.

The term 'best practices' itself has always been somewhat questionable.

The long-range continuance of English as a second language is also questionable in some countries.

They may spend large sums of money, drive recklessly or pursue questionable business ventures or sexual liaisons .

Use a source-code scanner or other preprocessor that discards input that uses questionable code constructs.

In fact, such a relief activities and to form the relationship between the Community is also questionable.

Hot market, the air board by the good news to stimulate the performance of the more eye-catching, but the sustainability is questionable .

Refer connected to the company after the board received questionable.

On the issue of the tainted heparin , Leavitt said both U. S. and Chinese scientists agree that the questionable samples were contaminated .

When it was time for the questionable recitation, the MC again challenged me, insisting that Patty would embarrass everyone.

Comfort levels on the boat are also questionable.

Having lost their supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats resorted to a questionable budget procedure to defeat a filibuster.

Hydropower and environmentally questionable biomass are the bulk of this.

Rain forests are being quickly destroyed as well, and their survival is questionable.

The expulsion made him realize he should avoid 'self-serving rationalizations about questionable behavior. '

Let's say the customer's credit is questionable, and the bank agrees to do the salesman a favor and finance the customer for 5 percent.

Obama countered that Clinton has used some questionable campaign tactics of her own.

His income derived from illicit activities - bookmaking , gambling, Shylocking , and questionable union activities.

After this, the department sends an e-mail and a fax to the website owner with an order to delete or edit the questionable comment.

Just try to refrain from posting photos of drunken revelry or other questionable images that could land you in some hot water.

similarly , the wisdom of defaulting an unlabeled base class to private inheritance seems questionable as a design practice.

She went from being a Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist from the Washington Post to setprop for the former Governor with a questionable past.

We call this phenomenon "software bloat" : the tendency to load an application with features that have questionable business value.

But "risk" is estimated with an emphasis on past price volatility and questionable and arbitrary "ratings" .

Whether Alberta's government can be relied on to promote greener tar sands, however, is questionable.

But, it does copy the aesthetic and proudly displays the Apple logo and is packed with questionable Apple products.

The snap verdict that China is the big winner and the US and rest of the old Group of Seven big losers is already looking questionable.

Though the weather this particular morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her trek to the elementary school.

It is supposedly good for the rich that they can take advantage of such strategies, but that is beginning to look questionable.

Being involved in relationships that you find questionable, disappointing, or frustrating only lead to more discouragement and aggravation.

It is questionable whether average users of current HTML versions are capable of creating XHTML documents of proper quality.

The use of the above rules is questionable, as they all could be rewritten without using any substitution operators.

They even yelled at the referees each time there was a questionable call.

Despite the fact that the reviewer has the M8 device, the credibility of the reviewer's knowledge on the M8 is quite questionable.

The biggest challenging and interesting of the contemporary art is the artist's ability to discovery and handle in questionable situation.

However, the "commercial housing sales contracts in the registration, people may refuse to pay a mortgage purchase" questionable.

Microsoft is not blind to this - but it is questionable if their recent moves towards services will happen soon enough.

It's also questionable whether the average consumer knows about these options, wants to use them or can even figure them out.

The inheritance factors of temperament are complex. However, you should never consider breeding a dog with a questionable temperament.

All costs of shipping such questionable goods and any replacements thereof to and from Company's facility shall be borne by Customer.

Establishing a relationship with a specialist will be useful for consultation when considering a referral in questionable situa.

The effectiveness of this measure is questionable, however, for there are whispered tales of ghosts working outside governmental authority.

Liquidity also remains questionable as banks seek stronger balance sheets and raise capital to pay back government support.

Highly questionable in terms of the logic provided.

Another questionable method consists of inserting a small sponge together with some spermicidal powder or liquid into the vagina.

Indeed, it becomes questionable whether we are justified in thinking that any of our beliefs are true.

What should be done with financial activities that seem purely speculative and of questionable social use?

But, on the questionable evidence of an hour at the Groucho Club, he is far more accessible than his public persona suggests.

Questionable Uses of Canons of Statutory Interpretation : Why the Supreme Court Erred When It Decided " Any " Only Means " Some" Anthony L.

It would be a questionable technique.

That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.

The editor also provides error and warning information on markup by underlining questionable markup with a wavy line.

In response to Chanos' claim Friedman made a number of very questionable statements about China.

The rust is not so natural, and the colour of gold gilding questionable, which can be confirmed by seeing the real thing.

Use the probe to check intermediate values in a VI that executes but produces questionable or unexpected results.

The pressure to do deals has also led private equity groups to invest in Chinese companies that engage in questionable practices.

That to experiment for my own gain is ethically questionable.

Whether investors are getting enough compensation for the risk of holding long-term emerging-market debt is questionable.

The pair were investigating how people justify "questionable" behaviour (Mr Norton's word) to themselves after the fact.

In one experiment, college students filled out Web surveys about various questionable activities, like cocaine use and drunken driving.

Like Seeqpod, the site offers speedy music video results and audio results, and unfortunately, legally questionable content.

What you did was questionable. . . - Thanks. Need some salt for the wound?

But I would argue it's highly questionable that our show inspired someone to commit a crime.

In the U. S. , the FDA has limited recall power, and it relies on manufacturers to pull questionable products off shelves.

But what are we actually doing? The modern world is filled with questionable distractions , deadlines, and priorities.

"The way the government provided information is questionable, " the Yomiuri Shimbun said in one of its editorials.

It is questionable whether a standard cluster policy would be the best regional policy approach in all these settings.

The Web application allows a blogger to quickly query the comments across his blogs and delete comments that contain questionable content.

Whether diplomatic cover will effectively protect spies is increasingly questionable.

Further, it is questionable if such an intervention is optimal and sustainable for local conditions.

And officials have installed the latest electronic line-call technology which allows players to appeal questionable calls.

It's questionable, for instance, whether 'Infernal Affairs' could be made in today's environment with its good-cop, bad-cop story line.

That said, it is questionable whether any private equity manager poses a challenge to the system.

His suggestion that companies should solely bear the financial burden of occupational security is questionable .

Her passion to shop and his questionable money decisions created constant financial stress.

The reading's arguments that the portrait is of Austen are questionable at best.

The notion that lengthening copyright increases creativity is questionable, however.

It is questionable whether some local governments carefully estimated the social reaction before announcing regulation goals.

The feelings that are associated with this change is what is still questionable.

Whether any of this is useful to China is questionable, but without a doubt the recent events could carry a high cost.

The Federal Reserve bought mortgage-backed securities and took questionable derivatives as collateral for loans.

The innovation necessary to boom a consumer economy is questionable.

Bear was a major promoter of the most questionable subprime lenders.

The school is advertised using email spam (unsolicited electronic mail) or other questionable methods.

We will not employ questionable or unethical practices for the short-term gains of our clients or our firm.

They're cunning and competitive programmers with shrewd business sense, questionable social skills (about the same age) and tenacious drive.

Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious.

But calling this film "new" is questionable, as it's the third this year to have that very premise.

Even though Kyrgyzstan, in the steppes of Central Asia, has a lot of horses, equestrian events would be a questionable use of resources.

devices (such as lamps) sound like a great idea, but no energy is free and the scalability of this concept is questionable.

" Skimming, Tom caught phrases like " poor judgment " and " questionable behavior.

Instead, the ECB has morphed into the euro zone's 'bad bank, ' taking on enough questionable credits to sink a battleship.

Whether such alien notions can be transplanted to Britain is questionable.

Godfrey added that it was questionable whether this new treaty would have any real clout in resolving the debt crisis once and for all.

It is questionable, too, whether local governments and regulators will give foreign firms access to China's best investment opportunities.

Also, its operation over the distributed file system is questionable.

Nowadays most of the cadres as party members have firm ideal and belief, but part of them are questionable.

Whether all of this will address the problems with China's food-production system is questionable.

But the questionable involvement of Mr Blair's own aides in the preparation of the dossier went largely unexplored.

'Scraping is ubiquitous, but questionable, ' says Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University.

They spy on battlefields and on even the peaceful activities of enemies, rivals and questionable allies.

For many years Gabon was said, perhaps from questionable sources, to have the world's highest per capita consumption of Champagne.

Allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in I will not bring up my opponent's questionable financial dealings.

Whether dynamic provisions influenced managers' behaviour is also questionable.

Details of Bettencourt's questionable interactions with key figures in Sarkozy's government also emerged.

And, over-reaching himself, Mr Dale is tempted into making some rather less obvious but more questionable statements.

It's questionable whether she told him.

His attitude may be questionable but his raw talent most certainly is not.

"The viability of their business models is questionable, " says one investment banker.

Leave issues of some questionable magazines out in the open.

The questionable constitutionality of traffic cameras.

questionable motives; a questionable reputation; a fire of questionable origin.

If the data is recreateable from other data available to the portlet, then the session scope requirement of cached entries is questionable.

Also pressing is the Justice Department's inquiry into how Standard & Poor's rated bundles of questionable home loans.

While many industry norms are questionable at best agents provide necessary and important services.

Samples of the questionable scallops have been taken.

You will save thousands of dollars by not creating work products of questionable value.

That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooingis a standard practice among certain peoples.

In another life. I arranged a number of operations of. . . questionable legality.

The most effective plantations occur in tropical regions, whereas the effectiveness of high latitude plantations is more questionable.

Miller already has been leading multistate reviews of questionable foreclosure documents.

The idea that there ever was a secular era is questionable.

you might tend to overlook "red flag" questionable behaviors in order to have someone to be with.

While such configuration provides questionable security value, it is included here for completeness.

You are talking about a country that has hundreds of thousands of people with questionable shelter.

But monthly valuations are questionable when there is no market for the assets.

Review guest ledger balances daily and research questionable movements.

Nowadays it is hard to deny the fact that bribery and other questionable payments are on the increase.

They are already horribly exposed to questionable government projects without taking on more of the same.

The Koreans made good use of home advantage, although they benefited from some questionable refereeing decisions along the way.

However, the reliability and the sensitivity of toxicity reporting in most trials are questionable.

An object of questionable value, usefulness, authenticity.

K. in May was denied by border officials who said the college at which he was applying to study was of questionable legitimacy.

Finance enjoyed impressive productivity gains before the crisis but produced many goods of questionable value.

Which of the following ethically questionable acts does Lee Adama not hold himself responsible for?

Deduplication has been very popular in the backup market, but its value in primary storage is questionable for several reasons.

The ability of local governments, if asked again by Beijing, to boost investments is questionable.

ElBaradei also criticized Syria for failing to fully cooperate in allegations it is also involved in questionable nuclear activities.

Most doctors were now acting just like Frank: they were rejecting a guaranteed gain in order to partake in a questionable gamble.

So overall, his credentials with understanding Asia are questionable.

However, their historical accuracy is questionable.

These final days are when he must protect his family and cronies, all of whom have enriched themselves through questionable means.

However, there's nothing new about the popular press employing questionable means to get exclusive stories.

Moreover, the definition of "regular mobile-phone use" was itself questionable.

Furthermore, it is questionable whether ultimately unclear power is a cheap source of energy.

Here and there their implementation may be questionable, but they are indispensable to prevent the situation from turning even worse.

But he also recognises that many of the Bush-era policies were clumsy as well as questionable.

Davidson and Smith's paper notes that evidence zinc nasal sprays help with colds is "questionable" .

Still, they cited a number of instances of questionable accounting.

For example, it would be questionable to use Zachman in a development environment by virtue of its inherent unsuitability.

Test cases with requirements that change or are deleted are identified as questionable.

That company engages in questionable business practices.

Vujacic (back spasms ) didn't make the two-game trip to Houston and San Antonio, and is listed as questionable for tonight's game.

But whether the move was really necessary is questionable.

The scandal centers on allegations of questionable reporting tactics by News Corp.

Whether listening to public opinion is really the best way to arrive at scientific definitions is questionable.

All classes named lecturer, teaching skills are questionable.

These subsidies were already questionable, in economic terms, before the commodity crunch.

the merits of competition by exam are somewhat questionable, but competition in the certain knowledge of failure is positively armful.

For the economist, then, it is the economic policies that are most questionable.

Sometimes those safeguards pick up on content that seems questionable and removes it.

But the content and exaggerated performances are questionable.

But it is quite questionable fact as phyiscal and chemical properties varies fuel to fuel.

The decisions he makes are morally questionable, but the audience can understand his logic.

Personal style is one thing. Questionable style is another.

We must work hard to get a true picture of the questionable property.