Special interests would not be peddling such dubious pabulum if they felt confident about the economy s future.

This distinction is dubious.

The best of a dubious lot.

But some dubious assertions have, through constant repetition in recent, often breathless, accounts about the two economies, become part of conventional wisdom.

And they are more dubious than confident.

But the overall impact of ODA remains dubious.

The Fed declined to regulate these dubious practices.

Whether democracy will ensue is much more dubious.

Mexico now seems poised to join this dubious club.

Too many question marks about their national unity are said to exist, too many internal conflicts linger, and their records on political and judicial reforms are supposedly dubious.

Economic sanctions alone are dubious against the world s most sanctioned country.

The problem was exacerbated by fraudulent, or at least dubious, evaluation practices.

Indeed, on closer inspection, it proves to be dubious, when not simply wrong.

Consider the dubious results from the G 8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in 2005.

Now the Fukushima tragedy is being used to justify continuing these economically dubious programs.

To apply it to anencephalic fetuses requires a further, and much more dubious, step.

It becomes much more dubious when it interferes with sexual acts between consenting adults.

This is not due solely to our foreign policy, or even to dubious economic policies.

The benefits have become more dubious, while the costs and risks have grown increasingly evident.

Entrepreneurs of dubious quality no doubt entered as well, thanks to the generosity of the state.

That logic is dubious, given how many similar crises have hit widely differing systems over the centuries.

Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous and thus dubious channels.

But some dubious assertions have, through constant repetition in recent, often breathless, accounts about the two economies, become part of conventional wisdom. Much of what really goes on inside these two large countries is often left out.

However dubious Bush s actions may have been on both counts, interest rates on US public debt actually fell.

In fact, many of the federalist arguments look dubious in particular, there is no single European social model.

The Chinese government has also begun a ferocious crackdown on social media, arresting prominent activists on dubious charges.

Given the dubious benefits of still lower real interest rates, placing central bank credibility at risk would be irresponsible.

Three months from now, when Mexico s new president Felipe Calderón takes office, many will consider it a dubious honor.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Leviathan faced an uphill public relations battle. But Leviathan's bleak portrait of contemporary Russian life actually confirms many of the reasons why Americans have been largely dubious about Russia's ability to reform following communism's collapse.

And a lot of licit banks were also happy to accept deposits from very dubious sources without questions being asked.

Experts would remind us that Kazakhstan had never been a country, and that Ukrainian claims to independence are historically dubious.

The Nepali Congress Party, for example, has chosen to remain in opposition, dubious of the Maoists commitment to democratic politics.

Matters became even more dubious as the vote tallies were collected and recorded at the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK).

While both proposals have merit, whether they will be enough to stabilize our dangerously unstable financial systems is at best dubious.

Prices are increasing, more transactions are being conducted in cash, and more dubious business figures are arriving from around the world.

More meaningful analysis would be obtained by having more reliable data for fewer countries, rather than imputing data using dubious methods.

It is not naïve to believe that nuclear deterrence is both fragile operationally, and of thoroughly dubious utility in sustaining the peace.

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA Political scandals sometimes perform a valuable function in cleansing governments. They destroy the political careers of individuals of dubious character.

Many European banks may not have understood this, yet they still shied away from revealing these dubious investments on their balance sheets.

It s been that sort of campaign, FactCheck.org s analysts wrote, filled from beginning to end with deceptive attacks and counterattacks, and dubious claims.

Accordingly, DPP concluded that it was dubious that the alleged statement could be proven to be in violation of section 266 (b).

It s been that sort of campaign, FactCheck.org s analysts wrote, filled from beginning to end with deceptive attacks and counterattacks, and dubious claims. nbsp

Although the MPs expenses scandal parliamentarians claiming reimbursement for dubious expenses hit both main parties, the most egregious cases involved wealthy Conservative MPs.

Allowing European debt problems to fester and grow by sweeping them under the carpet through dubious theatrics can only make those problems worse.

European opponents of a MAP for Ukraine and Georgia argue that neither country is ready for NATO membership. Too many question marks about their national unity are said to exist, too many internal conflicts linger, and their records on political and judicial reforms are supposedly dubious.