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Just then dubious, my mobile phone ringing, it is a call from the smoke, I relied on, so close that even a cell phone. Savings do not know.

Many fired employees now throw in dubious whistleblowing claims, he says, in an attempt to persuade firms to settle out of court.

He made clear in a speech to parliament on Friday how deep his concerns are regarding the more dubious activities of some of Greece's banks.

Users of Microsoft Office on the Mac may be a little dubious of trying any other applications that Microsoft releases for Apple platforms.

Europe has none of these things, which from the beginning made the prospects of a single currency dubious.

She had the dubious honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England(=it was not an honour at all).

I was uneasily aware, however, that there was something a bit dubious about this esotericism - this interest in socially useless flowers.

The fact that this was not a first hand account (hence saying: "it is also said" ) the report is dubious.

But she was understandably dubious about this trip. We had a history of stormy times, particularly when traveling.

It was hardly necessary to be given money by Exxon to see what was dubious about those inquiries.

"We're pretty dubious about the legal and regulation aspect of it all, " he said.

The twain cantered along for some time without speech, Tess as she clung to him still panting in her triumph, yet in other respects dubious.

I knew that British food had a somewhat dubious reputation abroad but always thought it was a bit of a joke.

A dubious offer, no doubt, for a country that has already lost three years to political turmoil and military misrule.

Tracy: Flirting with others, keeping a dubious relationship with him, seeing him as a wallet, Tracy: and . . .

Also, whilst I disagree with the picking and choosing of intervention, and am as ever dubious of the true aims, good can come out of it.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are dubious that Wall Street's best week since November means the stock market has found a bottom.

As a loyal Ben Goldacre reader I was dubious: surely the nutritional supplement industry is all a con?

But the sustainability of any post-bubble recovery is always dubious.

U. S. officials said they had no intention of such a move , which could wipe out common shareholders, but investors were dubious .

Critics say that the information it published is unchecked and some of it may be of dubious provenance.

By the end of the year, the idea of an unstoppable resurgence by "authoritarian capitalists" was looking a little more dubious.

And the city has been spruced up, even though some of the new stuff is already starting to look frayed in places, and is of dubious taste.

It is equally nonsensical to see saving as an intrinsically virtuous activity and borrowing as an essentially dubious one.

The Chinese government has responded by trying to control every conceivable element of the Olympics, often by rather dubious means.

High CFO turnover and a dubious audit committee makes the company's financial statements suspect.

Father's Day brings this offering of a dubious milestone: Husbands are now just as stressed out as their harried wives.

Also, the inability of Virgo man to express his feelings towards his spouse will make her dubious about his love for her.

Now, the government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men's soccer team.

Later, back home, they constantly called me, very angry parents and they thought that I personally have been a bit dubious from the people.

Most Chinese customers remain dubious about electric vehicle reliability and repair costs, he said.

The context for this exchange was the ongoing row over the dubious expenses claims made by some members of the UK parliament.

It has now overtaken the U. S. for the dubious honor of the most total energy use and highest greenhouse gas emissions .

They were not the first to use these chemicals in military operations. This dubious honour goes to the British.

I can understand the frustration of losing a game to a dubious goal, that has happened to me many times in my career as well.

It was almost excluded in Lombardy too, this time because some of its signatures seemed dubious.

It looks like the impact [of the loans to governments] may not be big, but it is dubious how they estimate cash flow.

It seems that ever day Inter is involved in more dubious dealings and they seem to have orchestrated Juve's downfall.

She had the dubious honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England.

China, unhappily, has its share of these dubious qualities as well as being inflicted by a huge speculative mania.

Some suspect that its opposition stems from the fear that many expensive and profitable pills would be found to be of dubious value.

Messed up. Addictive. Encourages dubious sexual practices. Objectifies women. Removes any sense of emotional involvement from sex.

Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by establishing paid family leave starting in 2011.

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

Something of dubious or limited value.

This change took place in part because doctors wanted to spruce up their dubious reputation.

Not spending so much on medical treatments with dubious benefits would be another possibility.

The authorities are not always diligent in rooting out dubious practices when commerce is concerned .

In the run-up to the financial crisis, bank revenues and profits were driven by reckless trading and dubious lending.

The terms of this deal were always dubious: it did too little to reduce Greece's debt burden and was too generous to the banks.

Privatisation in Russia degenerated into a morally dubious grab for assets by a new class of oligarchs.

The fact that sometimes they use a number of souls to get their messages out is quite normal, and in no way a sign of dubious channeling.

Google, with its instant access to factoids of dubious veracity, is singled out as a primary source of the malaise.

As long as the Israel-Palestine issue is unsolved, his Palestinian population will inevitably be accused of a dubious dual allegiance.

The science of artificial intelligence has always had both a mysterious and a dubious sheen to it .

Neither of them imagined they could be personally involved in the dubious result of the scenes they witnessed.

Everyone knew that it was morally dubious, but as long as the gains were within reasonable bounds, few complained.

As for the argument that banning same-sex marriage would be a boon for heterosexual marriage, Tauro was dubious.

They do say femininity can be found in men, too, but their definition of femininity is still quite dubious.

They encroached on hangar space in return for a very dubious contribution to the ships' defence against hostile cruisers.

Adverse selection was not the only dubious practice .

although this time round, the dubious profits have been made from real-life finance, not fictitious bootlegging.

James A. Garfield holds the dubious distinction of being the only President who attended church with his assassin.

They have the dubious distinction of belonging to the "dirty dozen" - a group of dangerous chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants.

It would be a pity if the book's dubious title discouraged a wider readership.

He was dubious about joining the exploration and finally missed the boat.

Rebellion has struggled to raise money, in part because investors since the credit crisis are dubious of opaque math-based strategies.

This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.

At year's end, when our media are abuzz with men, events and personalities of the year, I venture a more dubious and disturbing speculation.

ok. . . . what do you think of Buddhism? To me its a dubious religion. a diplomatic version of hinduism.

I can't touch our hope so, just choose to leave, avoid your dubious, it's my pain.

The researchers' findings confirmed my own suspicions regarding the dubious fellow I mentioned above.

Even if you did take a look, the baby's size and positioning would make the prospect dubious at best.

He's always been dubious of me.

The truth is that Europe's march toward a common currency was, from the beginning, a dubious project on any objective economic analysis.

At the moment, this is the most frustrating part of the market to invest in. Information is spotty and often of dubious reliability.

The military and civilian deaths in Iraq amount to a most horrific cost for a most dubious outcome.

A second is the rise in dubious patents, particularly in the fields of software and business methods, that should never have been awarded.

But although risk aversion may be a factor, describing the dollar as a "safe haven" seems dubious.

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

Some of these claims are at best dubious, while others are even downright illegal.

They suspect the group of conspiring to further Mr Berlusconi's interests with a mix of dubious blandishments and dirty tricks.

Dubious refereeing is as much as feature of soccer as it is of the stock market.

Many of these reports may be unsubstantiated, originating from dubious Afghan informants.

In addition, on its own, it stands as dubious justification for policies that are aimed at constraining controversial bio technologies.

The years of speculation and half-baked news from dubious sources are over.

Governmental sponsoring of arms sales to dubious regimes would be undesirable even if no bribes were involved.

"To tell you the truth" grates the most on 10% while "actually" receives the dubious distinction from 5%.

Not to my knowledge. From what the King told me, he was rather dubious about it, calling it the work of charlatans.

You will examine the dubious quality of this sample poll question in the next section.

Even the brazen use of government resources, voter intimidation and other dubious tactics failed to produce the result the president wanted.

The plunge was mainly triggered by rumours of a government crackdown on buying stocks with borrowed money and other dubious practices.

Industry observers are more dubious about the chances of the other two aircraft in the competition - the Eurofighter Typhoon and PAK FA.

In one crucial respect, however, it is far from a status quo power: its historically dubious and morally untenable claim on Taiwan.

Though occasionally dubious about my choice of a writing career, overall she thought I'd shaped up nicely .

He saw in entanglement something not merely strange but dubious. It struck him as spooky. It seemed, in particular, nonlocal .

The search for the good of collectivities today no longer is pursued via recourse to dubious means, but directly through action.

It is also one of the technique instruction centers for dubious and acute diseases designated by Ministry of Health.

It may also be hidden in cheap imported medicines of dubious origin.

No fewer than 15 MDC MPs have been arrested on dubious charges since the unity government took office.

Unfortunately, though, he became involved in a dubious mining venture in which several British acquaintances lost heavily.

It is expensive and can be of dubious scientific value, since different species often react differently to the same procedure.

The truth will normally feel good, whereas dubious statements often make you feel uneasy.

"They say they are working the overnight shift at Tesco, " the British retailer, but he was dubious.

Mr Berlusconi adopted a new austerity budget (with some dubious numbers) but did virtually nothing to accelerate Italy's sclerotic growth.

Despite the dubious distinction, the number of days residents breathed the nation's worst ozone levels was fewer than in previous years.

Also earning the dubious distinction were the more mainstream professions of public school science teacher, nurse and TV meteorologist.

And army prosecutors have slapped a legally dubious ban on any coverage of it.

hence the appeal, perhaps, of dubious propositions like multiple-personality disorders and multiple-universe theories.

If there is one lesson of the past 46 years, it is to be dubious of that claim.

Of course, Bartenev's story also appears dubious in places, especially his claim to be an ecologist.

That said, Second Life is certainly gripped by irrational exuberance, paralleling all those risk-blind investors in dubious derivatives.

The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million [m] computers, security experts estimate.

In an age flush with dubious detox trends, one treatment is getting laid to waste this week: the colon cleanse.

It's a nonsensical, grammatically dubious story about two brothers hiking up a hill, carrying luggage.

The Republic would have the dubious distinction of being recognized by Caesar as a worthy opponent.

Diners are told that Baltic Surprise is off the menu forever on seemingly dubious health grounds.

Could a financial crisis that had its origin in dubious mortgages in California end up challenging the power of the Chinese Communist party?

Liberal internationalism also makes it harder for Beijing to strike dodgy deals with dubious regimes producing vital natural resources.

Bombarded constantly by information of dubious relevance, people would become confused and struggle to make decisions.

In Tolstoy 's dubious theory of war , Napoleon was a mere monkey riding an elephant .

Despairing mothers across England paid dubious businessmen to offload their unwanted babies on the state: many were lost or dead on arrival.

So that controversies, wranglings, disputes, and positiveness, in false or dubious propositions, are evils unknown among the Houyhnhnms.

But nobody has ever seen it again, and Wyatt also claimed a number of other archaeological finds that most scholars find dubious.

It will take more than a dubious target dubiously implemented to convince sceptics that Beijing is really serious about a clampdown.

Cleveland has won the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.

The financial sleight of hand has now given him the dubious distinction of being China's first convicted stock market manipulator.

In Taiwan, a mix of surprisingly poor policies, technology overvaluation and dubious accounting have taken their toll on performance.

Animal studies can sometimes be of dubious scientific value, since different species react differently to the same procedure.

Rumors swirling around schoolyards and websites dedicated to making parents dubious of vaccines leave parents confused.

Louis, Missouri for the dubious honor of being what some headline writers refer to as "the most dangerous city. "

Late night sessions leading up to dubious deadlines are no way to decide anything.

in boyish zeal , he rehashes the dubious british claims to have invented television and the jet engine.

"Sunshine Charley" avidly sold securities of dubious character to hapless clients and whipped up speculation with margin loans.

I have to say, with all respect, that I am always a little dubious when an activation takes place.

Now, I know how the right will respond to these facts: with misleading statistics and dubious moral claims.

The Southerners, then, had arrived via occasionally dubious means at a quite mature non-American position.

It shed four lossmaking brands including Hummer and Saturn but held on to Buick and GMC, its truck brand, for dubious reasons.

Before but because has not participated in training, therefore whether today Harris does enter the stage is also dubious.

Frank was too trusting. He invested in a very dubious company and they took him to the cleaners.

Stern Stewart has protected its turf in part by tinkering with definitions of profit, in ways that are by turns sensible and dubious.

It is true that the risk of meeting someone of dubious character presented online and traditional way of making friends.

Perhaps in this more limited sense one can blame colonialism, because it was the European powers that drew the dubious borders.

Banks lent staggering sums of money to homeowners with dubious credit, convinced that real estate prices could only go up.

'But I don't know that I am apt at tending fowls, ' said the dubious Tess.

Concerning capital as a resource, the effect of managerial capabilities, mentioned above, seems dubious.

Other evidence suggests that various people knew that the deal's triple-A credit ratings were dubious.

Some regard this interpretation of IMF data as a dubious move that artificially boosts the size of the Chinese economy.

I felt dubious , because I know she seldom does anything at home with her "tender little hands, " let along collecting litter!

The first is a dubious generalisation made by the greatest of novelists, Leo Tolstoy.

So several have sought dubious powers to meet the public's unreasonable expectations.

For the record, that dubious honour fell to Rosicky on the stroke of half-time. But he certainly wasn't short of competition.

this " one-price " provisions in the keys, property buyers will be forced to pay some "dubious" cost becomes transparent.

Spacetime must be somehow granular to tame the dubious infinite redshift.

Many with dubious motives will seek to turn this transition to their advantage.

Earlier this week we reported that the mass-lawsuits against BitTorrent users had reached a dubious milestone.

A paroxysm of deficit cutting is sweeping the US, with Republicans and Democrats hurling around dubious figures like confetti.

I would be dubious about giving them systemically because of the important role reactive oxygen plays in positive processes.

The connection became more dubious in an era of increasingly secure streets.

Stories featuring aid projects often rely on dubious numbers provided by the organizations.

The Federal Reserve has adopted new rules designed to protect homebuyers from dubious mortgage lending practices.

Instead, he clings to dubious, partisan policies (mortgage cram down, union check-off) that arouse fierce opposition.

And if any of you are dubious about God, then stop and say, who should I trust?

That meant they had no incentive to pump up their share price or earnings through dealing in dubious products.

Besides, the significance of the alleged changes of human nature is dubious, and very hard to assess.

Animal testing is expensive and can be of dubious value, and scientists would prefer cheaper and more reliable alternatives.

Those who want to avoid the dubious wisdom of the crowd can e-mail questions to "Sister Siyu" at the popular portal QQ. com.

Both as a writer and as a moralist, he regarded the exploration of abstract forms and ideas as dubious, valuing messy humanity instead.

The economic value of all this trading is dubious at best.

He was dubious that I had repaid all the remainder of my loan.

Economists have urged China to rely more on its consumers and less on exports and dubious investments.

Previous winners of this dubious honour have included (pre-2001) Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

The second is a slightly less dubious one made by a novelist who isn't great at all.

funding dubious deals in the LBO frenzy and jumping into the jumbo mortgage market when other banks were getting out.

Nearly 20 years ago I had the dubious honor of viewing Jaws 3-D, one of the sequels to the infamous shark-attack movie.

Some educators are dubious of the educational promises espoused by app developers.

the dubious call notifying module for reminding the called subscriber terminal the missed call is a dubious call.

Second, dubious assertions by policymakers end up undermining confidence.

Moreover, they note that much of the budget has gone on items of dubious utility and taste.

Lenders are guilty of having 'manipulated' the housing market during the boom by accepting dubious appraisals, Mr. Figg says.

I am dubious about to have picked a spot of loquat: "Oh, too sweet, and almost too sweet. "

After 12 days of Brit-baiting and dubious confessions by the sailors that they had trespassed into Iranian waters, the hostages were freed.

The strongest evidence of poor spending decisions in education, though, is the dubious quality of the end product.

This species is treated as endemic to China as literature reports from NE India and Myanmar are here considered dubious.

Although few data sets are as of dubious a provenance as Westling's data on penile length, a fact he cheerfully acknowledges.

But most voters are dubious about returning to the gold standard and dismantling America's overseas bases.

A few smart people. feel dubious about how to help others.

Why would I buy a picture from someone of your dubious reputation?

He ran with a lot of dubious characters when he was young.

General Motors got into the dubious habit of steadily increasing worker benefits.

Some Syrian financial experts are dubious about sanctions, fearing they could bolster support for the regime.

Among other dubious positions, he has questioned the constitutionality of unemployment benefits.

Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas will enjoy the dubious honour of being host to George Bush's library.

Who have changed the rules for dubious financial products to be sold?

Most attention focused on dubious claims by autocrats that democracy was not among them.

The capacity to make such dubious gifts is a mysterious quality of New York.

And perhaps dyscalculia will collect a penumbra of dubious cases around it, as dyslexia has.

That must tempt them to say yes to ideas of dubious originality.

For example, today much of the Fed's portfolio is tied up in loans backed by dubious collateral.

And when the book came out, I was heralded as Africa's answer to Frederick Forsyth, which is a dubious honor at best.

Their intention to defraud the public becomes evident in the dubious assets most of them declare.

The results of this policy will remain dubious for some time.

Second, if it is claimed that acceleration in globalisation has decimated union membership, that is dubious.

His manners, however, must have been unmarked, wavering, dubious, or she could not have been so misled.

Some projects, such as manned space programmes, which are expensive and of dubious scientific benefit, may well be squeezed.

They took some highly dubious business practices to obtain their current position in the market.

The "savings" that mass advertising delivers to consumers are similarly dubious.

The older terminologies of Dravidian and Indo-Aryan are not used in current practice because of their racial and dubious origins.

The 'savings'advertising delivers to consumers are similarly dubious.

Current Status: Greece considers Lord Elgin's agreement with the Ottomans dubious at best.

I can't quibble with the first, but as for the second I'm a bit dubious.

In cutting out Congress, Obama has overstepped even the dubious precedent set when President Bill Clinton bombed Kosovo in 1999.

The theory behind debt consolidation is excellent but its execution can sometimes be dubious.

The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall led a life of dubious character.

Although he acknowledges the lively interest in the topic, he says the whole search for solar siblings is dubious.

Two clubs, Daejeon Citizen and Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, hold the dubious distinction of having more than ten players under arrest.

TO THE many dubious distinctions of Las Vegas, add one more: foreclosure capital of America.

Online financial rumor peddlers followed up, some adding their own dubious speculation.

"Pureness" seems like a rather dubious word.

Objective: To discuss the importance of nasopharynx- fiberscope in diagnosing the dubious malignant masses in upper side cervix.

Some of them have cut dubious deals with Somali warlords to fish in Somali waters.

Obama embraces them. New tax cuts, especially in place of spending, are also dubious policy.

Four Rio Tinto executives were imprisoned in dubious circumstances.

Panetta's claim that it would rests on the dubious assumption that a nation's strategic ends are fixed.

There is no evidence for this group beyond dubious documents.

In 1936, he published In Dubious Battle, a bitterly realistic novel about a labor strike of California fruit pickers.

We are dubious that customers really want all the things that people are imagining that they want.

He was a little dubious about trusting the man.

Thanks to some dubious accounting, a large number of such schemes have not been funded properly.

Still, many investors are dubious about his recovery plans.

China and the United States wanted the outbreak of war in the 21st century, the argument is dubious.

The theoretical construct of bidding behaviour in the start-up phase is therefore dubious.

Unfortunately, the sensible goal of rebalancing towards net exports can lead to dubious policy prescriptions.

Method : 300 patients with insidious or dubious foreign bodies in the hypopharynx were examined and treated through rhinolaryngofiberscope.

Dubious: Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.

She described tricks of the trade, several of dubious legality.

police feel dubious of his motive.

It realised the banks needed permanent capital, not sales of dubious assets at low prices.

For the tenth consecutive year, China holds the dubious distinction of having the most journalists in jail, 28 in total.

Mr Kraft is also dubious about the idea that smaller, shorter games can be developed more cheaply.

These companies set about building roads, bridges, irrigation works and some housing schemes of dubious merit.

Therefore, the exit strategy envisioned here for the ECB is dubious.

It was a dubious enough venture.

insertion method is also of dubious value in connection with numerical computations.

Two prime ministers were removed by the courts on dubious grounds.

Should authors of dubious legal memoranda be investigated?

Ken Rogoff, the IMF's former chief economist, says Mr Strauss-Kahn's plan seems "dubious" .

The term "risk-free" looks distinctly dubious these days now that Greece is set to default.

I'm a bit dubious about the idea of lending Jim my car.

Western investors had to cast a dubious eye on investments in Russia.