| 单词 | dubious |
| 例句 | One should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, nor more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer, than to introduce new political orders. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z There were some climbers of very dubious ability on a commercial expedition led by an Englishman with undistinguished Himalayan credentials. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With wealth and immortality the bait, the European nobility found itself transferring large sums to the practitioners of this dubious art. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was heavier than Sohrab, and the fence’s structural integrity was highly dubious. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t add liar to your list of dubious accomplishments.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The wildling gave the letter a dubious look and handed it right back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She agreed they would establish a residence here, but she was aware of the city’s dubious past beneath its splendid architecture, culture, and history. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was an expensive undertaking on a dubious mission, but I would feel as if I’d done everything possible if I met with Dean O’Neill and made my pitch face to face. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, chiropractors had a somewhat dubious reputation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z King Street used to be one of those places you never went, a place of dingy warehouses and rumbling trucks and dubious alleyways. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A fortnight of dubious calm succeeded my return to Thornfield Hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Compounded by Lawrence’s campaign for the Super, a project that many physicists considered technically and morally dubious, this record undermined his reputation as a scientist s scientist driven by the quest for knowledge alone. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In spite of its dubious appearance it sent a faint curl of steam into the frosty air, and Kit forced herself to take a few spoonfuls while the woman stood watching, hands on her hips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z About his awful dad, about his dubious wardrobe choices. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I see them sometimes, looking in through the doorway of the lab, the child gentle and dubious, the wife anxious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Say. . . .” the man called; his voice sounded tentative, dubious. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The spectacle of Lawrence’s lending his highly developed talent for persuasion to a project of such dubious morality was more painful still. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z While I was already dubious about many of the foster parents and caseworkers, I do not remember being angry or resenting my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There’s no nod for this part, just a knit brow and a dubious frown. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you run along and partake in some dubious recreation that appeals to you,” Ignatius belched. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m incredibly stiff now and my ribs are killing me, but I’m still able to eat cereal with milk that’s dubious, to say the least, and loads of sugar. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z This young woman had applied for the vacancy with the most dubious of references, which spelt out to any experienced butler that she had left her previous situation under something of a cloud. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Astonishing. This is a very glowing report,” Lady Constance said, sounding dubious. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He glanced questioningly at the Ancient, who was old and must therefore know a great deal about everything, but he found the old man looking both thoughtful and dubious. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was given this dubious reassurance more than others. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I must have looked dubious, for he said: “Really, I do.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But upon close inspection, the information invariably traced back to the same dubious sources: private eyes and local lawmen, whose opinions were based on little more than hearsay. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They are interested solely in confirming highly dubious theoretical hypotheses by the logic of analogy and induction, and make no attempt at refutation or intersubjective testing.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Although dubious and afraid, Shin listened and sang with Park, but quietly. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I’m sure there were a few club members still dubious about a skinny disabled kid playing, but the first bowl I sent down that day gently nudged the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Now, in the Watergate scandal, my father recognized his own dubious behavior during the riots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some thought the regency would be ended at once, others were dubious. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z This means that some carbon-14 dates are more dubious than others. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Fairy lanterns have long been among the surest protections from creatures with dubious intentions.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins quite like it, regardless of its dubious origins. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As if hearing himself say it meant nothing; he had a dubious attitude toward his own words; they didn’t become real, not until she agreed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some, with furtive looks around them, conjured fires with their wands; others were striking matches with dubious looks on their faces, as though sure this couldn’t work. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He gave his head a little dubious shake, as if disowning responsibility for what he was about to tell me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sarah and Daniel and I exchanged dubious glances. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He found, always, that matter had retained its dubious solidity in his absence; but this did not deter him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “As you can imagine,” he told the cops, “I have some rather dubious clientele. What church for the poor doesn’t?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that he and his wife had adopted a black child and their neighbors looked at them as though they had chosen to become martyrs for a dubious cause. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes the kids would ask if I believed in God, and they seemed dubious when I said yes, as if there were no religions in Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A dubious individual, even by Artemis Fowl’s standards. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They have dim apprehensions that such propositions as ‘God does not exist’ are somewhat dubious at least in comparison with statements like ‘All carnivorous cows eat meat.’ Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And, in dubious addition to them, occasional peculiar entities remained in the virtually abandoned suburbs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Rafe seemed dubious, but he let it go and just handed her a fresh napkin instead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He looked a little confused, but had the grace not to call me out on my dubious behavior. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was her public face the mortician had designed with his dubious art. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They received so many false reports of U-boat sightings that they dismissed this one as "dubious." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She gives him a dubious look but leaves the last burnt, sludgy vestiges of coffee where they are and rolls off with her cart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I wondered where Granddaddy was while I staked out my dubious claim to lace-making fame. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Mr. Curran, maybe the young man who spoke to you so impudently should be moved to a seat where his dubious charms will not be so enthusiastically embraced.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was important that his character be adapted to this, otherwise his chances of success were dubious. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Was it not a dangerous word, too closely connected to Hobbes and to dubious stories about sympathetic magic told by Digby—someone whom John Evelyn, another early member, could dismiss as an arrant mountebank? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And, I should add, it’s not just the dubious “ladies” saying this. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let her pass,” she said to the servant, who looked dubious but backed away as instructed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mendel, despite his odd scientific lineage, and de Vries, despite his dubious personal hygiene, were right. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The only dubious ray of hope has come from my sister. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You will probably turn up as an earnest young psychic researcher. And I will be a lady of undeniable gifts but dubious reputation.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Even we humans have achieved the dubious technical dis- tinction of being able to make our own disasters, both intentional and inadvertent. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They might think she was an ignorant Wild Child of dubious parentage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z During the discussion period, one white man went to the microphone and made the dubious claim that cities with such commissions “suffered more violence than Durham.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Looking in his refrigerator—the compressor had long since ceased working—he found a dubious cube of margarine. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I had the dubious honor of being its first inmate—got to see them build the Mess Hall brick by brick. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He loved to play fast chess, since it gave him the opportunity to try out dubious or experimental lines through an instant gaze of the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s a dubious company, to say the least. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Anyone employed by that dubious bar is not in a position to question another’s occupation.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a short pause, and a dubious one. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a dubious present: The horse was lame. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see her at the funeral, a shoddy, low-cost affair held in the basement of some dubious funeral parlor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart is a dubious object at best, blotchy and treacherous. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It does not mention the sacrifice of Iphigenia, and makes only a dubious allusion to the Judgment of Paris. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After Bates, who was married and had six children, suddenly died, Hale had produced a dubious deed to his land. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At times, when a dubious or complex combination was played, or when the diminutive American Reshevsky took one hour and ten minutes on one move, twenty-two hundred eyebrows seemed to rise in unison. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Every aesthetic “law” advanced so far has proven of dubious value, and usually gets in the way of our understanding. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it not probable that Bebe, with such dubious associates, had also been involved in something illicit? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Like a missionary, her cousins will say, like one of those Peace Corps girls who have let themselves go so as to do dubious good in the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was dubious, but did as she was told, because in spite of what she told him, she did want to try it on. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Although this technique is rather dubious mathematically, it does seem to work in practice, and has been used with these theories to make predictions that agree with observations to an extraordinary degree of accuracy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our parents are dubious as they listen, their mouths tighten: it could be that we are losing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ethel quizzed Cora, dubious as to how much their guest could read and understand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But then I really don't know it's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In the decade that followed, some dubious decisions saw his leading man status wane as his friend's rocketed. Oscars 2013: Runners and riders 2012-12-23T00:07:44Z That is a dubious distinction for any film but especially for one whose unofficial theme song is the Sex Pistols’ “Pretty Vacant,” which is not exactly a tearjerker. | ?I Melt With You': ?I Melt With You,? With Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven ? Review 2011-12-08T23:48:31Z But the book’s most striking aspect—the revelation of Atticus Finch’s retrograde and, yes, frankly racist views of his black clients and neighbors—is powerful enough to subsume all the more dubious elements. 'Go Set a Watchman' Review: Atticus Finch's Racism Makes Scout, and Us, Grow Up 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z It even garnered the dubious honor of a Rob Pruitt Art Award for alternative project of the year. Art Review: Second-Year Fair Hopes to Stay an Upstart 2011-03-03T22:40:39Z There are too many explanations and awkward good intentions; Dante’s “Inferno” puts in a dubious appearance, and the supporting characters, almost all played by people of color, skew homogeneously nice. ‘Montana Story’ Review: A Domestic Drama in Big Sky Country 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In her By the Book interview, Lorrie Moore finds “shocking” a dubious account she read somewhere about Jane Austen’s mother handing off her son, Austen’s brother, to strangers. What Lorrie Moore Doesn’t Know About Jane Austen … and Other Letters 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The movie glances toward this moral gray area but mostly looks elsewhere, practicing a troubling kind of access journalism and falling back on a dubious epistemological relativism. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the dubious figures in the ‘pan-demonium’ is the unfortunate scientist who makes so surprising an entry at midpoint. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z “Acclaimed” is perhaps wishful thinking, but the most dubious words in that puffy phrase are “documentary film.” Movie Review: ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary by Shane Salerno 2013-09-05T19:25:01Z And none of the circumstances surrounding this episode — not CNN’s story, not Trump’s dubious history with Russia, not the fact that the intelligence community made a report on it — should change that ethical rule. How BuzzFeed crossed the line in publishing salacious ‘dossier’ on Trump 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The answer to that is obvious: infamy is fame of a kind, after all, and “Moose Murders” tap-danced its way into a dubious theatrical immortality shortly after its quick immolation. Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z Verily, there is nothing more unintentionally funny than amateur dramatics, where vaulting egos rub up against dubious acting abilities. Catch-up TV guide: from Sons Of Anarchy to Simon Amstell 2013-01-05T00:06:15Z I was dubious from the start, and rightly so. Modern Love: Modern Love - A Father, a Son and a Fighting Chance 2012-06-14T20:45:23Z My mother was dubious, especially about the separate building that served as a shared bathroom. Mom and Dad, Meet My Budget 2010-08-04T03:15:00Z Our first clear look at Stamp, pausing in the door frame of a dubious establishment to carefully adjust his overcoat, is a master class in minimalist menace. ‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Dream Girls 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z This week on the music charts, Nicki Minaj opens at No. 1 and Madonna earns a dubious distinction with the biggest second-week sales drop for a No. 1 album in at least 21 years. ArtsBeat: Minaj Dislodges Madonna From Top of Charts 2012-04-11T18:55:44Z Pacific RimMore on this film Nevertheless, we should probably give Bay dubious credit for creating the space that others are only now beginning to fill. Pacific Rim v Transformers 4: clash of the giant robot movies 2013-01-11T16:36:26Z But it’s a dubious claim once you read the first three drafts, which are three completely different stories containing some similar scenes in roughly the same position. Secrets of the “Star Wars” drafts: Inside George Lucas’ amazing — and very different — early scripts 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z For decades Nigeria has suffered a doubly dubious reputation: recognised as a kleptocracy and notorious for its armies of imaginative criminals, formed into organisations with international reach. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The list of Hollywood actors who have flirted with playing in bands is a long and dubious one, from Don Johnson and Bruce Willis to Juliette Lewis and Russell Crowe. John C. Reilly's love of roots music is no act 2013-06-20T19:47:00Z Horowitz not only had the challenge of crafting such an intricate story the first time around but he also had the dubious pleasure of adapting his own novel for a six-part TV series. "Magpie Murders" is a metafiction marvel: Anthony Horowitz on adapting his mystery within a mystery 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Walk by some depressing shops, pass the cinema, and go down a dubious alleyway teeming with revelers. Multi-Story Orchestra Turns a Parking Garage Into a Concert Hall 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z But he quickly returns to selling his sponsor’s dubious vitamin pills. The movie that foretold the rise of Donald Trump 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z We also periodically dip into French farce while tut-tutting at its dubious taste, especially all those Feydeau jokes about stuttering and cleft palates. Making a sc?ne: the five French dramatists you should meet 2011-03-21T12:49:22Z Here are the four actors who had the dubious honor of being nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie. Here are four actors who received both Razzie and Oscar nominations for the same performance 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Who doesn’t enjoy reliving moments of dubious youthful judgment in front of a live audience? Critic's Notebook: It?s Date Night, and Lots of Strangers Are Along for the Ride 2010-12-16T16:47:38Z Besides being a portal to uncertain revelations of a dubious nature, QAnon also helps explain the president’s foibles to those who see him as the author of living scripture. Fear and gloating in Cincinnati 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Mademoiselle de la Vire’s disdain for her dubious rescuer is palpable, rather like that of Princess Leia when she first encounters Han Solo. Review | Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z And the more attention we proffer these twits, the more they act out for our dubious benefit. Shkreli, Kanye and Trump: a most heinous trinity not worthy of our hatred 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The wisdom this oracle dispenses is dubious at best. Television Review | 'Being John Daly': Sand Trap of His Own Making 2010-03-01T23:28:00Z Meet voluble Pepe, patriarch of the world’s most dubious clan of Mexican entertainers, who has retained his unwarranted confidence over the decades since his brood began touring the bottom-rung nightclub circuit. From cabaret to big top, more 'El Grande' laughs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Though seemingly dubious, Patty goes along with his requests and puts on the suit. Man surprises bikini-loving fiancée with a swimsuit with his face on it 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z This pull between aggression and sensitivity may have honest intentions, but the outcome was as dubious as a line from a self-help book about learning to love yourself before others. Review: Diane Coburn Bruning and Ashley Bouder Stretch the Rules of Classicism at the Joyce 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z To rescue his career, Jaynes pursues a dubious lead: a manuscript he's sure belongs to an African American who survived the voyage Poe supposedly fictionalized in his one novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym." Fantasy set in frozen places: Graham Joyce's 'The Silent Land' and Mat Johnson's 'Pym' 2011-04-27T21:55:05Z Even the dubious "Highly Suspicious" packed a floor-rumbling keyboard bass riff that evoked Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Underfoot." My Morning Jacket builds its alternative universe of southern surrealism 2011-06-19T07:00:00Z As far as I’m concerned, that photograph is dubious at best. Some Asked, ‘Does Chattanooga Need a Lynching Memorial?’ 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet where Foster finally trips up is in failing to convince that this potentially dubious conceit offers an productively imaginative way to examine depression, and in handling banal homilies as if they were dynamite insights. SXSW 2011: The Beaver - review 2011-03-17T10:10:14Z He then left it to his aides to sell both dubious claims. Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Although a local Spanish judge was dubious, the State Department promptly certified “Nicholas” as a United States citizen and issued him a passport. He fooled a missing teenager’s family — or did he? 2012-07-17T21:15:00Z Another dubious idea, spread by the government and others, was that ordinary Americans could survive a thermonuclear attack by ducking, covering or building a fallout shelter. Steve Sheinkin’s Explosive Sequel to ‘Bomb’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z When Koenig and another reporter attempted to retrace Adnan and Jay’s steps according to the cell tower timeline, they found the timing possible, but dubious. Everything We Know As "Serial's" Season One Ends 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z At other times, his choices are dubious, self-defeating, tasteless, and even ludicrous. The Cinematic Merits and Flaws of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z He dispenses dubious wisdom along with smokes, and sells Stevie his old skateboard. Review: ‘Mid90s’ Skates Back to a Less Innocent Time 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, it’s back to selling diet pills for Virginia as she persuades overweight women with shaky self-esteem to buy the dubious product. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Bill is in a panic as stress builds 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z But due to this age of archive fever, in which many rediscovered movies ballyhooed as lost masterworks turn out to be notable only for their rarity, I was dubious in advance. A Lost Masterwork Is Found: Thomas White's “Who's Crazy?” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, written for the composer’s first American tour in 1909, shares with the Second Concertos of Bartók and Prokofiev the dubious distinction of being the most technically challenging of the standard repertory. National Philharmonic and guest soloist Haochen Zhang enchant 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z He asked me if I was serious, and when I confirmed he fronted me a few shards, quoted me what I owed him, and sent me on my dubious way. The “I Do” of Addiction 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z But having been dropped from an unaired Geico campaign last year for angering a Tea Party PAC with a sarcastic voice mail seems to have given me the dubious credentials. Hey, Gilbert Gottfried, I got fired too 2011-03-16T22:17:00Z “You need some kind of funding to rent the room and the bus and all that kind of stuff,” McCain said in response, with Dowd noting his dubious tone. The surprising and enduring friendship of Warren Beatty and John McCain 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The practices of the average American political campaign are, in many ways, of dubious export value. 8 Political Campaign Documentaries Worth Streaming 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Mainly it exposes the growing, often dubious, gray area of pricey, often one-off objects that are more interesting to look at than to use but may not be visually adamant enough to be art. ‘Midtown’: That Chair’s Charming, but Can I Sit in It? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z In 1999 the Vienna City Council decided that the city’s museums, libraries, archives and collections should return any cultural items and art with a dubious past to their original owners or heirs. Vienna Philharmonic Finds Owners of a Nazi Gift 2014-04-11T22:37:31Z The conventional wisdom among his friends was that Epstein has been victimized by greedy, morally dubious teenage girls and unscrupulous lawyers. I was a friend of Jeffrey Epstein; here's what I know 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z IMF claims it was restored to copyright protection thanks to legislation enacted as part of an international treaty, but the court is dubious. Does anybody own Fellini's "La Dolce Vita"? 2010-04-14T04:46:00Z Sonnets were recited, soliloquies delivered to stuffed animals, cakes iced with dubious quotations. Is This a Livestream I See Before Me? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z I don’t have an entourage to pay for: well, I do, but they are four and six years old He was, he says now, always dubious of the attractions of full-on stardom. Joseph Fiennes: the sequel 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Our conviction that scientists, elite or otherwise, are somehow better qualified to discern the nature of reality is dubious. Christianity: a faith for the simple 2011-01-31T13:00:01Z It’s all part of the chef’s attempt to get his own cooking show, one sprinkled with his own dubious life lessons. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Recipe for Success with Chef Michael Denardi’ 2013-08-15T15:43:57Z While Flowers’ portraits of hopeless dreamers, morally dubious police officers, kids’ feet dangling in the stream, dissatisfied husbands and devoted church-goers is very specific, it can speak to many. The Killers detour into a new and rich sonic landscape 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z With a troika of dubious female narrators, the book isn’t an obvious choice for the big screen, partly because of its rotating first-person voices. Review: In ‘The Girl on the Train,’ a Boozy Emily Blunt Never Winks 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z And so on, the dubious luck of the various countries, trampled by dictatorships and crooks, victimizing the 'locals' in a most grievous way. In Politics if Not Art, Realism Trumps Magic for Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The man sits inside the dubious shelter of his little cardboard shack, staring out at strangers. Dance Review: Meg Stuart?s ?Blessed,? at New York Live Arts - Review 2012-01-14T00:28:29Z No matter how often or how forcefully the 54 year-old author, talk show host, and oh yeah, heart surgeon is publicly reprimanded for his history of dubious health claims, he keeps on swinging. Dr. Oz “will not be silenced” 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And we should shame those who, however wealthy, achieve their status through exploitative business practices or morally dubious financial dealings. Robert B. Reich’s Recipe for a Just Society 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It is compulsive, relentless, draining … and deeply dubious. ‘I have become my daughter’s stalker’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Given Perry’s proclivity for often-tiresome stunts, the idea of a “humorous” Perry halftime act was dubious. Katy Perry's Super Bowl Halftime Show, Reviewed 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Fans remain dubious having swallowed the bitter pill of disappointment once before. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z But Fletcher is one of many to don Marple's sensible shoes and tweed jackets — and infuriate dubious coppers with her superior powers of detection. Television: Long live Miss Marple, who returns to PBS on Sunday 2010-05-21T17:03:00Z Celebrating dubious achievements in tourism from the world's worst toilet to the most embarrassing travel insurance claim. Internet picks of the week 2011-01-01T00:05:45Z Liquor, gambling, dubious mining schemes — he never stops pulling the lever, and never hits the jackpot. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Some in the industry are dubious that ByteDance can carve out a sizeable chunk of the market, in part because publishing remains a stubbornly analog and relationship-driven business. TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Speculation swirled that the woman in the dubious dress was the sister of the groom, and perhaps received permission to wear the white hue. Reddit users blast wedding guest for wearing white gown 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z If it takes some dubious, unscientific stargazing to be able to do that, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. I don’t even believe in astrology, so why am I addicted to this horoscope app? | Stephanie Convery 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s a dubious comparison: There are significant differences, ethical and historical, between Clinton’s tryst with a White House intern and the horrific system of chattel slavery. Review | Fringe Festival’s early returns: Politics in the lead 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z “Everyone was quite dubious and suspicious about what we were even doing — most people walked away,” he said, adding that participation dropped further after President Trump’s election. Phone Booths Are Back in Times Square. No Quarters Required. 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Scott wrote in his review for The New York Times, “and with its own layers of somewhat dubious nostalgia.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Lincoln Rhyme’ and ‘AJ and the Queen’ 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until the 19th paragraph, however, that the story noted that the conflict-of-interest angle was dubious. A New York Times reporter dug into Ukraine and the Democrats. Critics are still howling. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z He has escaped the consequences of what amounts to a lifetime of dubious business dealings. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The following year, experts from the Rembrandt Research Project, a group of Dutch scholars who examined all the master’s known paintings, were even more dubious: They suggested that it was a 19th-century imitation. A Portrait of Rembrandt Goes on Show. But Did He Paint It? 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z A teenage girl is caught in a tangled web of dubious sexual-assault allegations and further skulduggery in the TV movie "Guilty at 17." TV This Week July 20 - 26: 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z This is noir with added value: Lehane is terrific on family ties and at conveying the buzz of a city powered by immigrant labour of often dubious legality. Thrillers - reviews 2012-10-11T07:00:02Z It's a dubious argument, Moss said, because the products often feature a spiky spine similar to Godzilla's, or depict the creature in a cityscape. If you think Godzilla's bad, you should see his lawyers 2014-05-12T13:20:53Z Then, yesterday, it declined to stream the opening ceremonies live, offering the dubious explanation that the program was too “complex.” NBC’s Unkind Olympic Cut 2012-07-28T16:00:53Z And despite the bloodshed and brutality, the dubious leadership and the years of poverty, Cambodia’s people, incredibly, are still smiling. Running among the ruins: seeing Cambodia at a trot 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z McMahon, clinging to his faith in the dubious doctrines of counterinsurgency, chases after an illusory victory that his allies, colleagues and bosses don’t really believe in any more. Review: ‘War Machine’: Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z But where Selvaratnam veers into dubious territory is right there in her book title, and its tidy placement of the word “lie” right near “feminism.” Feminism didn’t lie to you about your fertility 2014-01-23T15:53:00Z But things start to look dubious on the “About the Author” page. A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z At times Sam appears to be plagued by doubts and remorse as his mission in Africa pulls him away from his family and involves him in what seem to be morally dubious acts. | 'Machine Gun Preacher': ?Machine Gun Preacher,? Story of Sam Childers ? Review 2011-09-22T21:58:35Z Esteban was dubious but we decided to give it a try. The agony and ecstasy of becoming an older mother 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z I was dubious that people throw away and replenish dishes and rugs the way they do miniskirts, but she assured me they do, especially when it was trendy. How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer 2012-11-09T19:30:40Z It's a dubious honor – not really one of respect but of responsibility – essentially acting as a second wife and mother. Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z He undertakes a thrilling, harrowing journey, driving in a blizzard on dubious roads through locked-down villages and desolate farmsteads. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z But while "the tennis girl" may have moved into the upper echelons of cultural recognition, the market for teenage and student posters continues to produce an array of designs with often dubious artistic merit. Which posters once adorned your walls? 2011-03-23T12:44:19Z On one level it's an exciting adventure story with great storms and earthquakes, terrific animals, unruly children and some dubious pirates. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z Return to the beginning of Willmott’s film: he depicts a Confederacy that triumphed only owing to a dubious alliance with America’s enemies for the sole purpose of maintaining white supremacy. “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” a Faux Documentary That Skewers Real White Supremacy 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z At first, he was dubious about our right to visit the main church, pressing us on our religious affiliations. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z In Mr. Ferguson’s case these are legion: the investment bankers who enriched themselves trading dubious securities built on shaky debt, the politicians who enabled the practice and the academic economists who provided intellectual cover. Film: Documentaries (in Name Only) of Every Stripe 2010-10-13T18:08:00Z He saw the potential of the dubious pairing of the Spanish operatic tenor Domingo and the shaggy-haired Denver, pursuing Domingo for years before he agreed to join the project. Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z His theology was dubious but his writing could be lyrical. The Mind of Conservatism 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Ironically, it is Bob, a streetwise "fixer" with dubious values, who galvanises the refugees into action. After Tomorrow by Gillian Cross – review 2013-05-10T15:59:01Z To associate the profit motive with an enterprise whose underlying purpose is to kill and destroy still strikes me as morally dubious. This Week in Fiction: Will Mackin on Life In and Out of the Military 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z For people stuck in this permanent holding pattern, that hope of being selected is the contemporary academic version of the larger American dream, and it feels, at this point, no less dubious. The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Right-wing authoritarianism, divine intervention, dubious mental health, Manchester ... all the right ingredients for a Happy Mondays song. Readers recommend: Songs about the police - the results 2011-03-24T16:42:45Z Despite the billing, which places Mr. Thomas’s name above the title, he didn’t choreograph much of the piece; that dubious honor goes to Adrienne Canterna-Thomas, to whom he is married. Dance Review: Will Scaramouche Fandango? (And Other Mysteries) 2009-12-17T06:05:00Z All around, I saw different shades of green and gray, and though the forecast was dubious, I still packed my sunglasses. A paddler’s sun-optional tour through Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z At times, he embraced jokes at his expense, including his reputation for accepting nearly any role, no matter how dubious the quality. Christopher Lee, famous for villainous roles, dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z When I went to the local authorities with my idea, they were very dubious. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Where Humankind and Nature Converge 2011-02-24T13:00:04Z Kardashian West is far from the only celebrity to have promoted dubious diet products on social media. Kim Kardashian West shocks fans with ad for appetite-suppressing lollipops 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Can two dubious jewel thieves steal the most wanted jewels in the entire world? Gangsta Granny by David Walliams - Review 2013-02-17T09:00:00Z He meets leaders and fellow travelers, studies books and unlocks secrets, in time becoming a superhero with magical powers, a dubious goatee and a flirty cape that dries his tears. Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ and His Most Excellent Adventure 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But for those who are a touch dubious about their grilling skills, LongHorn Steakhouse will be sitting by, ready to respond to your social media queries from in-hour grilling experts. Memorial Day weekend: LongHorn Steakhouse offering barbecue tips, grilling 'hotline' 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z “Up to then, they’d been kind of dubious about Beccari, this Italian botanist — that he was kind of a crackpot. They thought, ‘Oh sure, an 11-foot-tall arum that smells like rotting animals.’ Giant, smelly flower finally puts on show at Volunteer Park 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Translated to our own era, its outlook seems more dubious. Oscars 2013: what the nominations say about America 2013-02-21T16:00:00Z Scott asked whether it was practicing a dubious form of access journalism. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z This is the credo that allows him to act as a free agent, flouting bureaucracy and the stupidity and dubious motives of those who nominally control his career. Michael Connelly’s ‘The Burning Room’ Revisits Harry Bosch 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Now White House adviser Stephen Miller has the dubious honor of being lampooned. Pauly Shore’s impersonation of Stephen Miller is too damn real 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z On the one hand the nytimes reports on the dubious racial profiling of Muslim women who opt to dress in the fashion of their faith - without noting It is optional in western democracies. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He also beat back a wave of headlines in 2015, when reporters examined his claims about his days as a young reporter and found them to be dubious. Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News career comes to a swift end amid growing sexual harassment claims 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Last year he released “My Dream Duets,” a dubious endeavor that wedged his vocals into harmony with such dearly departed folks as Marilyn Monroe, Whitney Houston and Frankie Lymon. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for June 12-18 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Coppola is dubious about the state of Hollywood cinema, which she sees as a more risk-averse realm than it was in her father’s 1970s heyday. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z The book’s focus is America, which spends vast sums on dubious end-of-life treatments. Helping hands 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In this opening pair of episodes – part two airs tomorrow – there's a dubious death in the hotel room of a businessman, against the backdrop of corporate wheeler-dealing. TV highlights 10/01/2013 2013-01-09T20:00:01Z It’s a dubious move — and the assertive modern score is already doing some of that work — and generally is as stale as one of old Hollywood’s phony happy endings. ‘The Wonder’ Review: The Hungry Woman 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z While the Cheese Shop became one of his favorite creations, initially Cleese was dubious about whether it was funny. John Cleese chooses his 5 favorite comedy sketches 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z To see intelligent persons expressing themselves in such a loose and foolish manner elsewhere, you have to look at similarly dubious encomia regarding God, or love, or politics. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z He looked a bit like Kikuchiyo, the samurai of dubious origin in Kurosawa’s classic “Seven Samurai,” with the same coal-black mustache and goatee, the same rustic and likable raffishness, the same boyish heart. In Rural Japan, Lifting a Shrine and Building a Friendship 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z According to the New York Daily News, baby-doll singer Ariana Grande said something very unkind about her fans in a closed elevator to the always dubious source, the “industry insider.” Ariana Grande: A pop star obsessed with her fans 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Some of these ingredients are longtime home remedies and supplements recommended by doctors; others, like adaptogens, are more dubious in their claims and may amount to little more than marketing. Beverages With Benefits: Do They Really Work? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The tale of Ginty and her dad is thick with dubious sentiment and leavened with glimmers of sensitive wisdom, but the light it casts on the grown-up Mrs. Travers is harshly literal. Movie Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ With Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson 2013-12-12T15:00:18Z The additional heirs exacerbated Alicent’s intense resentment of Rhaenyra’s position — born partly of Alicent’s legitimate fear about her family’s future safety — leading her to lash out at everyone and make alliances with dubious characters. ‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: A Scandal Spills Over 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Salim pictures himself a swaggering Bollywood hero rescuing his sweetheart from the trafficker who wants to sell her to dubious buyers in Dubai. ‘Bombay Rose’ Review: Nostalgic Ruminations 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z We were always getting into trouble for playing songs with dubious lyrics. Bernie Andrews obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z Set aside, for a moment, its dark and dubious origins; Thanksgiving is supposed to be sacrosanct. A turkey on the table and an elephant in the room 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The letter found its way to "Juliet's tomb", another location of dubious authenticity, in the crypt of a monastery just outside the city walls. Dear Juliet: the fans who write to Shakespeare's heroine 2010-05-19T19:59:00Z Cooper's team tries to cut through the maze of dubious reports in the same way news organizations deconstruct claims made in political advertising. CNN's Anderson Cooper: 'I'm not an opinion person' 2011-06-13T16:40:05Z He’ll soon appear before Congress to address similar complaints about “censorship” of the New York Post’s dubious reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Perspective | Pro-Trump voices have Mark Zuckerberg’s ear. Is that why Facebook undermines liberal news sites? 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z It’s easy to feel somewhat dubious about reviewing art made for children, especially when you’re not accompanied by a trusty, underage sidekick. | 'Peter and Wendy': In This Neverland, It?s Peter Puppet 2011-05-10T21:32:03Z "Great bloke, charismatic, but I suppose he has been a bit like an African dictator in that he has had lots of money but dubious taste," he cackles. BBC's Shane Allen: 'I'm doing the job of comedy gods' 2013-03-24T18:15:01Z Among other dubious decisions, German officials refused, with one sole exception, to acknowledge any moral aspects concerning the stolen artworks of dozens, if not hundreds, of persecuted families, many of whom perished in Nazi camps. The Great Art Stolen by Hitler 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Izvestia also quoted a Russian Orthodox activist calling for the film, which shows dubious cooperation between the mayor and local clergy, not to be shown in Russia because it vilifies the Russian Orthodox Church. Oscar-nominated 'Leviathan' ruffles feathers in Russia 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z By day, the two, clad in Pepto-Bismol-pink tops and shorts, conduct walking tours of landmarks of dubious Los Angeles disco history for gullible tourists. Review: ‘The Greasy Strangler’ Pairs Father and Son in Tours and Gore 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The brother is recovering from a brain injury, the sister from a dubious choice of romantic partner. This Week in Fiction: Thomas Pierce 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Here’s what I learned about how to increase your odds of actually booking a sale price, or at least avoid wasting time with dubious come-ons. Practical Traveler: Online Deals: Scams or Steals? 2010-05-25T20:48:00Z She also designed clothes, sang at the Waldorf Astoria and wrote books, including memoirs that put out the dubious claim that she was a spy. 14 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Rhodes spoke at a conference last year at Turner Contemporary in Margate, where other museum professionals were dubious about the possibility of extracting major loans from the British Museum. British Museum sends priceless treasures around the country 2012-06-12T13:58:08Z Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature On its release it garnered the dubious title of worst movie of the year. Demi Moore's Striptease gets on top in poll of 'guilty pleasures' 2010-10-07T12:11:00Z Steeped in their dubious advice, Sarah Jo, a 26-year-old virgin at the start of the film, sets out to gain her own life experience with men. ‘Sharp Stick’ Review: The Babysitter’s Schlubs 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z With 22% of its MPs female, Britain is number 50 in the league table of women in parliament, a dubious distinction it shares with the Czech Republic, Eritrea, Latvia and Uzbekistan. Women, Power and Politics: script for a revolution 2010-06-08T21:00:00Z It’s disturbing to watch, and it quickly banishes from your mind the Oz sideshow of last week, in which the doctor testified before a Senate subcommittee about his promotion of dubious weight-loss aids. ‘NY Med’ Documentary Series Returns on ABC 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Quinn has always been fascinated by the human body and the dubious concept of normality. Just don't call it a freak show 2010-04-30T23:07:00Z When I talked to Eddy and Baxley last year, both expressed the view that the later recantations by Cobbs and Cunningham were dubious. Moving Alabama Into the Modern Age 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z There are plenty of places one can act ratchet — in the club, in the bedroom — but it’s always about behavior that’s dubious at best, that makes people point fingers in slack-jawed astonishment and discomfort. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Hazard’s bullishness on the future of reproductive medicine can lead her to some dubious places. The Womb Is a Miracle, and a Mystery 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “There is only one similar shirt in a museum collection,” Mr. Gorman said, “and I believe that to be dubious too.” Anarchy, and $$$, in the Vintage Punk Clothing Market 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But I was never a mastermind, or a mini-mind, and long before I even entered the secret world, I had an instinct towards fiction that made me a dubious fact-gatherer. John le Carré: 'I was a secret even to myself' 2013-04-12T20:01:01Z If the merged appearances were of dubious musical value, the Gewandhaus’s own concerts were more revealing. At the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons Still Seeks an Identity 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Hopefully viewers will be too charmed by la Tautou to dwell on the somewhat dubious ethics of this. This week's new films 2011-08-12T23:07:30Z Mr. Amis’s musings about this era tend to be overly familiar, or dubious and reductive. Books of The Times: Martin Amis Dissects the Sexual Revolution in ?The Pregnant Widow? 2010-05-10T21:51:00Z Within Hollywood, the casting couch remains a place of dubious transaction. Harvey Weinstein: fall of Hollywood player they once called ‘God’ | Observer profile 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Soon the finer auction houses will have credentialed experts on hand to authenticate Dunks of dubious provenance and appraise heirloom Yeezys. How Sneakers Intersect With Recent American History 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Her decision to publish this account of her extravagance when so many Americans are losing their homes seems in dubious taste, too. In every dream home a heartache ? Annie Proulx's 'Bird Cloud' 2010-12-29T23:03:04Z Some green cleaners may have mislabeled ingredients and the third-party “eco labels” they tout may be dubious. They may, in fact, contain some of the toxins you don’t want to use. 5 “green” products that aren’t as environmentally friendly as their labels suggest 2014-05-13T11:15:00Z The most educated cohort of parents, those with a post graduate degree, were the most dubious about meddling in education. Millennials Are More Confident Parents, Report Says 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Culpepper, who is biracial, was subsequently dropped from recruitment under dubious circumstances. TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted a Russian Orthodox activist calling for the film, which shows dubious cooperation between the mayor and local clergy, not to be shown in Russia because it vilified the Russian Orthodox Church. Leviathan director: controversy shows film 'touched something' in Russia 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z These days, however, “Lives of the Eminent Philosophers” is regarded as factually dubious, as much hearsay as history. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Last year, he released “My Dream Duets,” a dubious endeavor that wedged his vocals into harmony with such dearly departed folks as Marilyn Monroe, Whitney Houston and Frankie Lymon. Pop and Rock Listings for March 27-April 2 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z As a self-proclaimed “old-timer”, he tends to credit officially recorded race performances over what he views as dubious technologies. Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn’t stop Robert Young – but something else did 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Relatedly, “the dubious technique” of composite portraits “would not really disappear from the print media’s bag of tricks until the general elevation of journalistic standards several decades later.” Review: ‘Man in Profile’ Studies Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z He popped over to the Politico offices to meet with an editor and ended up chatting with a reporter about the big-time candidates who get away with more dubious campaign coordination than Smith ever imagined. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z When it made its debut, “Hung” was inevitably compared to “Weeds,” another series examining domestic life financed by a dubious income stream. Television: Thomas Jane on ?Hung,? Symbol of the Recession 2010-08-05T22:03:00Z The second is a dubious dirty joke about Marilyn Monroe. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z A devoted husband and father, he then entered the workaday professional ranks, doing ordinary duties, even to dubious ends, living in comfort and enjoying professional esteem. Spielberg’s Airtight “Bridge of Spies” 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Even Ken Clarke sounded mildly dubious when both men were on Question Time last week. Lady Thatcher's authorised biography sparks excitement and scepticism 2013-04-19T18:33:00Z After declaring that the unconscious labors “under a moral compulsion to educate us,” he inserts a parenthetical anticipating a dubious reader. Cormac McCarthy Explains the Unconscious 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Leave aside the dubious claim that promoting childhood vaccination, a cornerstone of public health and schools, is “propaganda.” ‘Sesame Street’ Was Always Political 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z And the durable, dubious legacy of French rock ’n’ roll is represented by Roberto Piazza, perhaps slightly better known as Little Bob. | 'Le Havre': ?Le Havre,? by Aki Kaurismaki - Review 2011-10-20T20:43:07Z After several hours down a Google research rabbit hole I am depressed, disoriented and dubious. How to watch Netflix as a feminist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z This seemed like a deeply dubious stance on the moral certitude of corporations—Corporations: Always Doing the Right Thing! The Pain of Denying Kesha Her Audience 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Of the scroll fragments, Ms. Loll said they struck her team as dubious from the moment they got them under a 3-D microscope. Bible Museum, Admitting Mistakes, Tries to Convert Its Critics 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z In the tradition of Theodor Adorno’s assertion that “writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” Calderon is dubious about the possibility of commemorating human suffering. 'Mateluna' at REDCAT: Part high-concept political drama, part true-crime mystery 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z We all struggle with our inner Lore — the ambitious, mischievous and morally dubious inclinations. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Night at the Museum 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z They say their expertise is being ignored in favor of the views of skeptics with a dubious commitment to the facts. Australia’s relentless war on science 2014-04-24T12:30:00Z “What an incredible story,” White marveled, no doubt jealous of a narrative that brought together slippery notions of identity, misleading your audience, dubious Romanians. Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time 2012-04-07T00:27:22Z Enlisting a dubious Jennie to her cause, Tori discovers that her co-stars have their own demands — more creative than financial. Review | ‘BH90210’ briefly verges on a profound statement about middle age: It’s the pits 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z This is a person who doesn’t realize he’s being surveilled — a state of being that renders every previous moment of Obama we’ve seen dubious. Barack Obama’s paparazzi weight-lifting video is the right kind of surveillance 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z But it was his dubious Cockney accent in Mary Poppins that for ever sealed him in the minds of British fans. Dick Van Dyke cancels NY appearance 2013-04-19T09:02:13Z Here are three more of the most commonly cited, scientifically dubious health uses for coconut oil to be wary of. Coconut oil: are the health benefits a big fat lie? 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The state held on to 48th on the dubious list, which is published annually by Chief Executive magazine. CEOs: Illinois 3rd-worst for business 2012-05-02T13:27:00Z It all culminated with Bush’s assault on civil liberties in the name of dubious security, in the years after 9/11. 'Laughter is the great unifier' – behind the incredible life of Molly Ivins 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “When I flew over to Paris, I was pretty dubious about it,” he said. Perspective | Van Gogh’s images move in the cinematic ‘Immersive Van Gogh.’ But will the show move New Yorkers? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The charisma of this relatively unknown actress shone through the dubious sexual politics of the plot. Renée Zellweger: there is so much more to her than Bridget Jones | Observer profile 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z But soon she’s embroiled in a strange mystery — one involving a kidnapped girl, a dubious substitute teacher, sneaky knots and secret tunnels. ‘Thief Knot’ author was drawn to mysteries long before she wrote them 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Especially if he loses, I’m dubious of Trump TV as a full-fledged cable channel. Can the Media Recover From This Election? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z One lesson this documentary provides is why groupthink — and wanting a fact to be true — is dubious. "The Lost Leonardo" is a slick, fascinating mystery that uncovers ego and hubris in the art world 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z But Mr. Barrish’s women blur into a single dubious caricature, which intermittently shatters the play’s spell. Review: ‘The Pavilion,’ a Class Reunion Drama, at Barrow Group Theater 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Then Miller went to his bosses, who were dubious that a dog show could be called sports, or even good television. How the National Dog Show became your favorite Thanksgiving tradition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z For the first time since she left her Mumblecore roots for the dubious big-time of films like Arthur, she plays someone other than either the freewheeling indie chick or the scatterbrained indie chick. Damsels in Distress: Heathers, Without Cruel Intentions 2012-04-05T10:45:50Z Particularly dubious was his explanation about the 1991 song cycle "The Poet in Exile" for solo baritone and instrumental ensemble. 'The Poet in Exile' at the Wallis lacks full picture of Walter Arlen 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Trump delivered a constant, unhinged and fulsome pelting of dubious examples, strange retorts, immature insults and outright lies. Perspective | The first debate was one of the worst moments in television history 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Stringers talk of accidents the way most people talk of rare baseball cards, a jaded way of speaking that some say puts them on ethically dubious terrain. Movie fiction mirrors fact for L.A.'s real-life 'nightcrawlers' 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z There are many instructional videos online, some of them of dubious value or promotional. How to grow your own food in a modern-day victory garden 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z That opening shot, for example, is a demonstration of impressive filmmaking skill tethered to a dubious cause, a sign that what follows will be slick, aggressive and muddle-headed. ‘Antebellum’ Review: Look Away, Dixie Land 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z An early adopter of underground music in London, Goodman was dubious about dubstep's plodding pace towards mid-range bass thuggery when most people were still hearing it for the first time. Label of love: Hyperdub 2010-05-12T14:01:00Z Taken received a one star review from the Guardian's Xan Brooks, who called it a "dubious, morally bankrupt movie". Taken 3 to bag Liam Neeson $20m fee 2013-06-25T10:44:21Z Ellis suggests dubious oil trading in Switzerland might enable the diversions. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s the image of Ms. Love’s Brittany, grim and obdurate and weary, as she wordlessly sets up scene after scene for our dubious entertainment. Review: A Put-Upon Nanny Erupts in Todd Solondz’s ‘Emma and Max’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He presumably needs a young follower, someone to mentor and perhaps to vindicate and validate his own dubious life. Magic Mike – review 2012-07-14T23:05:59Z Designed more than six decades ago by Mikhail Kalashnikov, a former Soviet tank commander, the assault rifle boasts the dubious distinction of being the most abundant and reliable killing device in history. Jewelry Designed to Disarm 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z The dubious use of a trusted brand name is justified in my book by a delivery on that brand’s promise. Pink Floyd drifts toward nothingness on 'The Endless River' 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z They say the stacks were considered suitable for books until two years ago, and they are dubious about the library’s assertion that the shelves need a costly retrofit to meet modern preservation standards. A Slippery Number: How Many Books Can Fit in the New York Public Library? 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Using deodorant and cornstarch to get rid of copper stains sounds a little dubious. How to remove copper stains from concrete 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z He remains mortified by his actions, angry at his friend, and frustrated by a campaign finance system that busted him while letting so many presidential hopefuls coordinate with dubious outside groups. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The premise was scientifically dubious, and Theranos’s technology was either not ready, unworkable or able to perform only a fraction of the tests promised. How One Company Scammed Silicon Valley. And How It Got Caught. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The new format involves a dubious new wardrobe, with O’Brien abjuring suit coats in favor of, like, a trucker jacket, while nonetheless clipping a slender tie to a dark shirt. The Slimmed-Down and Soothing New “Conan” 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z White Ladder became one of the bestselling albums of the decade and achieved the kind of ubiquity that brought with it the occasional dubious accolade. David Gray: 'I'm trained to wash up' 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z This claim, as well as being factually dubious – 97% of scientists believe that climate change is man-made – comes as a bit of surprise. Mads Mikkelsen: ‘One word wrong and you're a dead person’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z His short speech is nothing but a last-second grab for sympathy, a Hail Mary of dubious worth but undeniable drama. The People v. O. J. Simpson Will Be with Us Forever 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z On the one hand, kids buy dubious substances from dealers they don't know and are unlikely to see again given the size of the venue. How rave music conquered America 2012-08-02T19:00:00Z By all appearances this claim is dubious as he offers it up while perched in a slender-fitted jacket. Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he’s gone public and is hiding out. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The editors were so dubious that their lowly assistant had managed to do this that they sent the veteran political writer Jane Mayer in to check what she had found. A Former Geek Offers Hope 2011-05-25T18:02:31Z I found the list of dubious pronouncements amusing, and the idea of steak and mushroom pies "priding themselves", particularly, was a memorable one. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z I'm dubious that modern companies are supportive of long maternity leave. Do Marissa Mayer's maternity plans make her a fit role model for women? 2012-07-21T23:05:56Z And the incredible popularity of “90 Day Fiancé” suggests that stories that signal immigration as a joke, as a crime, as a dubious privilege, are the stories that some Americans want to hear. ‘90 Day Fiancé’: An Anti-Fantasy for Troubled Times 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Considering Buddha finally has that dubious honor for his underseasoned salmon salad, that means Sara is now apparently the only person who hasn't found herself in the Bottom 3 thus far. "Top Chef" heads to the English countryside to mess with our emotions (and celebrate) 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Alchemy turns up again in assemblage sculptures that look like dubious experiments in a scientist’s lab. Lead jackets, copper snakeskins: The sculptural inventions of Elaine Cameron-Weir 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The first three of the work’s four sections are their memories, each more dubious than its precursor. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z I was dubious, but also maybe a little desperate. Sous Vide is a busy person’s best friend 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z But the visual equivalent of Modiano might also be found in the films of Jean-Pierre Melville: A few sedans, men in overcoats, a dubious commercial transaction on a street on the outskirts of Paris. Patrick Modiano's Nobel in Literature: The Swedes Got It Right 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The roomier scenario of this remake has the potential to yield a decent thriller, but “Superfly” too often prioritizes showy sequences for dubious reasons. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Aldersey-Williams tells us that Vesalius's groundbreaking "Anatomy of the Uterus" was based solely on bits of a "monk's mistress whose body was acquired by dubious means". Anatomies: The Human Body, Its Parts and the Stories They Tell by Hugh Aldersey-Williams – review 2013-02-28T08:00:01Z To see how dubious that method is consider a play about a 13-year-old girl who commits suicide after a one-night stand: Who would teach that — “Romeo & Juliet” — to freshmen? Perspective | In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It still nods knowingly in the direction of diversity, and to a fault it's reluctant to base any decision on sales figures, column inches or dubious fashionable presence. Paul Morley on music: the Mercury music prize 2010-09-03T16:02:00Z After her second husband’s death, she started a foundation with Theodore Harris, an all-around dubious character who was an Arthur Murray dance instructor. Books of The Times: ?Pearl Buck in China,? by Hilary Spurling 2010-06-09T00:02:00Z Sampling a few of the new shows on Viceland might send a dubious viewer down that same path of ridicule. The new Viceland channel perfects the modern journalistic art of playing dumb 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z “Loving Is Easy,” his latest single, is less barbed than his earlier songs — where he was once dubious about the world around him, here he finally opens up to its possibilities. The Playlist: Mavis Staples Warns of Deadly Force, and 9 More New Songs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Asking today’s composers to react to Bach is a dubious idea. Matt Haimovitz and Bach, Colonizing Columbia’s Campus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z As the steady wage earner among her sisters, Constance keeps food on the table and underwrites Fleurette’s dubious career as an actress. ‘Lady Cop Makes Trouble’: A feisty heroine inspired by a real detective 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The story of an advantaged European face to face with desperately imperiled African refugees seems tailor-made for political pieties and the dubious enshrinement of one more white savior story. ‘Styx’ Review: The Refugee Crisis as Moral Thriller 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z “In recent years we’ve been blessed — or tormented, depending on your view — with two Emily Dickinson biopics of dubious historical fidelity, and the flagrantly fictionalized TV series ‘Dickinson.’ 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Strewed with garbage bags and clothes and festering objects of dubious identity, this is the Dublin residence of someone who, as your mother might observe, has never been taught to pick up after himself. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z However this device is intended to work, it at least acknowledges at the outset that “Rocky Horror” hardly stands on its own dubious merits; its success thoroughly depends on its rambunctious audience. Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ remake squeezes out the very last drop of camp 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Achieving that kind of body, in fact, is a dubious aim, as Copeland’s own experience attests. Misty Copeland’s new book offers advice — and perhaps false hope 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Teddy is a fraught choice for biographical treatment these days, a trustbusting conservationist who was also a big-game hunter with a dubious view of racial equality, appearing almost buffoonish behind his pince-nez and buck teeth. History Lives in Fiction: From Jennie Churchill’s Britain to Jacksonian Cincinnati 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Before meeting Nick, she recounts going “to endless rounds of parties and bar nights, perfumed and sprayed and hopeful, rotating myself around the room like some dubious dessert.” “Gone Girl”: Marriage can be murder 2012-06-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe I need to give away a toaster with each purchase,” said Robert Klein, the comedian, as dubious buyers handled his book and moved on. Scene City: At the East Hampton Library Authors Night 2012-08-15T21:28:02Z “All the stuff that the problem with monarchs is there aren’t enough milkweeds is pretty dubious,” he said, adding that gardeners should still plant it. Are our gardens the monarch butterfly sanctuaries we think they are? 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Her label was dubious at first about its potential. Kali Uchis Is a Complicated Musician. She Plans to Stay That Way. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Something about his response to being shamed for his dubious musical tastes – “I don’t care” – captures the animating spirit of an actor. Steve Buscemi: ‘I feel I haven’t fulfilled my true potential' 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z It seems to come not only from a bygone era but from a whole different cinema planet, one governed by feel-good pieties that were dubious here on earth even back in the 1960s. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Maybe it's a plastic clamshell containing a dubious panini. I miss airport food 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But looking closely at other numbers reveals some D.C. statistics that are dubious distinctions, puzzling anomalies and causes for concern. Round House Theatre can thank Google for its set design 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “There are other members of the G.O.P. who would seem a lot more frightening,” she said, “the ones who are clearly trying to restrict women’s freedom while, at the same time, having morally dubious behavior.” How Sharon Horgan Shaped a Monstrous Brother-in-Law 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In one, the aged Layla raises her female cub, Mara, living under the dubious protection of Fang. 'African Cats': fiercely entertaining ? and kid-friendly, too 2011-04-21T22:13:34Z When Tacon first met Robert De Niro, the actor was dubious. On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Enough with the exploitative picture books and increasingly dubious biographies that have driven the Monroe industry since her death, at the painfully young age of 36, in 1962. DVD: Marilyn Monroe, Lushly Rendered 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z The ancient Assyrians chose to consume a more dubious concoction of ground birds’ beaks and myrrh. Everything you ever wanted to know about hangovers (but were too queasy to ask) 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z McGlue is a 19th century sailor, a deck seaman of dubious skill, who wants one thing and one thing only: a bottle. 'McGlue' casts a groggy sailor into a drunken murder tale 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z "The first claim is false, and the second claim is dubious." Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The premise is at once somewhat dubious and, in a general way, familiar — a comedy of disguise. TV Land's 'Younger' turns back clock for Sutton Foster 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z “Production for use” may be the dubious political nostrum that landed Williams on death row, but it also could stand as the slogan for the brilliant economy of Hawks’s filmmaking. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The methodology — searching comments for “ending” and variations of the word “disappointing” — feels a bit dubious, but the list is an irresistible walk down memory lane. Perspective | What book has the most disappointing ending? Readers have many opinions. 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “I wrote this book from my prison cell,” reads the dubious bio of the author. Life after “Making a Murderer”: Defense attorneys — and unlikely TV stars — push conversation on criminal justice 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Jihadists developed a dubious doctrine of vicarious liability: democracy, which they declare is an abomination for Muslims, taints all citizens of Western countries with the sins of their rulers because they vote them into office. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Newly-released stills suggest the films will stick closely to the look of Frank Miller's 1986 comic, which introduced a moodier, damaged, morally dubious and often downright selfish Batman. The Dark Knight Rises trailers show Batman has had an oestrogen injection 2012-05-25T15:02:27Z A workaholic’s weed, in short, though some are dubious. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But while Falwell Jr. may indeed be a charlatan, ridiculing his sexual predilections seems like a pretty dubious way to prove it. ‘God Forbid’ Review: An Affair With Political Implications 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z No, it's more due to the fact that both productions come to New York with the dubious imprimatur of "West End hit". Why Americans beat the British at musicals 2011-02-23T12:25:04Z If anything, the new orchestrations sounded too expert, done with the knowledge of the Britten to come rather than the dubious mock impressionism of his early Rimbaud settings. BBC SSO/Brabbins ? review 2010-11-22T21:45:00Z The punters Remarkably, The Last Airbender is trending right now on Twitter, and it doesn't even seem to be one of those rather dubious "sponsored" trends. The Last Airbender: Racially dubious, or just not very good? 2010-08-09T15:52:00Z In contemporary news media, the mere fact of an accusation, as scurrilous or dubious as it may be, becomes news in itself by the fact of being a good story. The Reductive Narrative Tactics of “Author: The JT LeRoy Story” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z More likely, it was someone in the vast gap between these extremes, perhaps someone with vast sums of money stashed in a Swiss bank account or a dubious tax shelter. The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder 2010-05-08T18:32:00Z His addiction has led him to grow tight with dubious characters. Phil Mickelson, Game for Anything and All Too Human 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z One way of preserving things is to assign them the blanket positive value of preciousness, which can override and obscure realities of history, and make objects with dubious provenance look innocent. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But now, even the most dubious sibling has to recognize that their brother or sister is the only gig in town. Stuck at home: A chance to strengthen sibling bonds 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z As we walked through Kabukicho’s patchwork of bars and more dubious businesses, he showed me an out-of-print yakuza fan magazine, one of many that for decades were fixtures at Japanese newsstands. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Range's dubious achievement with "Stardust" is that he made David Bowie boring. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen," here are the worst films of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z For the capacity crowd, the answer was a resounding yes, even if the question is a bit dubious. On ‘Rebel Heart’ tour stop, Madonna doesn’t miss a beat 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z And as Zoe, who is at first dubious about Evan’s friendship with her brother — how could the bully who tormented her be the sensitive soul revealed in those emails? Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Puts a Twist on Teenage Angst 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z “This instead is a chimera, they’re using an exhibit to validate dubious works,” he said. 2 Crucifixes From the Hand of Michelangelo, Perhaps 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z We haven't seen this movie, but this just seems like a bad, cruel, ethically dubious idea that can only have dire consequences. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Project Nim" 2011-08-04T12:52:35Z “They saw themselves as the victims,” he writes, “and thus had the dubious good fortune of not having to think about the real ones.” Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z As Allison explains to Claire over a succession of dead-end encounters, Paul was also cultivating an entirely separate life from his wife, one involving dubious art, confessional hugs and ukuleles. Review: A Husband Vanishes in ‘Claire in Motion.’ Mysteries Multiply. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z But Dan talks about the fact that making profit is seen as virtuous in our world and doing what charities and nonprofits do is seen as a little bit dubious or marginal. "We've got a Marvel movie here": Stephen Gyllenhaal reframes the not-for-profit battle for justice 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z This season his character was fired from his White House job and now spends his days posting a “gossiptainment” Wonkette-type political blog with dubious content. Timothy Simons: Happily, ‘Veep’s’ detested Jonah 2014-05-02T21:30:28Z Squatty Potty’s investors were dubious, as were the elder Edwardses, Judy and Bill. The art of advertising things people find gross 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “Murder City” also leans into a little heartstring-pulling with Neil’s efforts to resettle in his own home, where Ash has become a dubious benefactor to his wife and son. Tubi Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Indie Movies (for Free) 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z When will misogyny and homophobia – two sides of the same dime – be granted equally dubious status as racism? Hollywood's refusal to stand up to Alec Baldwin's gay slurs is shameful 2013-06-28T21:32:04Z One of the most respected and influential figures in the recording world, Clearmountain was initially dubious of Atmos’s staying power, but he has come to believe in its future. Dolby Atmos Wants You to Listen Up. (And Down. And Sideways.) 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z That is a dubious distinction for any film but especially for one whose un- official theme song is the Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant," which is not exactly a tear-jerker. 'I Melt With You': Grown men wailing in self-pity 2011-12-15T20:59:04Z A new play satirising the phone hacking scandal and other dubious practices within the press, police and politics is to transfer to London's West End. Hacking play gets West End transfer 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Goethe, who never lost his admiration for Napoleon, is on the side of freedom but dubious about civil war and martyrdom, though he approved of the way Beethoven ends with a blaze of glory. Diplomatic Dudamel leads a fervent Beethoven charge at Disney Hall 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But they have fanned out, predictably, into more dubious assertions. Review | One rivalry changed the landscape in English art 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z His attractive qualities of bluntness and loyalty are offset by a propensity for passive-aggressiveness in his dealings with civilian authority and a dogmatic attachment to some pretty dubious ideas. Review: ‘War Machine’: Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Eggers draws those vexations out of hiding in all their moist, miserable glory, like dubious mushrooms unearthed from a woodland floor. Review: Old Fears Run Deep in The Witch 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Worse yet for the President, the Times reported that the money transfers were “dubious tax schemes” that sometimes involved “outright fraud.” How Showtime made a secret documentary about the New York Times’ big story on Trump’s tax eva... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Not far away, above a dubious shop selling remaindered paint, in an all but unmarked building at 2141 Mission Street, is a bell jar for an eclectic collection of booksellers. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z Overnight, the world witnessed the birth of a great career opportunity for self-proclaimed experts on Chechnya, Jihad, Radicalization and counter-terrorism, who emerged instantly using Google and Wikipedia to obtain their dubious scholarship. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z In this essay, Mr. Baker questions how Britain and the United States waged the war against Hitler, making the dubious assertion that “the pacifists of World War II were right.” Books of The Times: Nicholson Baker, ‘The Way the World Works’ 2012-08-12T20:34:47Z It’s always about who stayed at the cheapest, dirtiest place, or who got invited to a local’s abode to eat dubious delicacies off rustic instruments with questionable hygiene. 5 Tips for Meeting New People While Traveling 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z As the Batman series lumbered on and the baton passed to Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale, it only became more outrageously, feverishly implausible, yet loaded with dubious gravitas. Down with dark: why screen drama needs to lighten up 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z But the action shifts from questions of Charles's guilt or innocence to internal politics and the issue of whether Susan is a victim of discrimination or the dubious product of affirmative action. Race 2013-05-30T14:34:03Z Then, after three centuries with only the dubious company of the darkness, the impossible happens: Addie meets a man who remembers her. Review | V.E. Schwab delivers another compulsively readable novel with ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z A “fool,” as he himself admitted, with dubious, often despicable, values. Michael Cohen and the pathological liars among us 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z As for dubious conduct outside the workplace, employees have a right to a private life, but “if you’re doing things that bring your employer into disrepute, then the employer is entitled to respond”. How Harvey Weinstein’s accusers gave women worldwide a voice 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Determined to get away from her working-class Belfast roots, she uses funds acquired by dubious and self-destructive means to buy musical equipment. Huzzies – review 2012-10-29T17:41:28Z How this transpired — and the impact of this dubious achievement — forms the basis of this charming film, which is based on a true story. "Phantom of the Open" is Mark Rylance's winning film about the worst British Open golfer ever 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z He turns down a major offer for his work in the name of either noble or dubious idealism, as questions about greatness and its costs come into focus. Cannes: Timothy Spall a grunt no more in Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z She was arrested in 1937, during Stalin’s Great Purge, charged on the dubious grounds of spying for Poland and sentenced to five years in a labor camp. A Diary From Inside the Gulag Meets Evil with Lightness 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Dudamel seemed simply too good to be true, especially to dubious East Coast critics. After five years of Gustavo Dudamel, what's next? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z There were 11 of us, in our mid-50s to late 70s, with fitness and congeniality levels that ranged from impressive to dubious. A breathtaking Himalayan journey to ‘the rooftop of the world’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z While “bad behavior in marketing departments is unpleasant,” he concludes, the real scientific outrage and the big public danger lie in uniformly dubious practices of drug development. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Chris in Marketing, for example, is dubious to begin with: "The disability facility lacked a lot of the features you typically looked for in sex – tits, for example." Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt – review 2012-10-03T07:00:03Z Other papers, themselves not above using dubious methods to get a story, displayed a similar reluctance to dig. Mucky paps 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Sullivan establishes his cultural authority and diagnoses our contemporary crisis by opening his piece with a dubious reading of Plato’s Republic, painting a picture of Plato’s views on “late stage democracy:” Andrew Sullivan is wrong again: His mainstream liberalism has become scarily anti-democratic 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, it’s a lark to see some of the sometimes dubious results: neckties, wallpaper and a building-size mock-up that was burned at Burning Man. 11 Galleries to Visit Now on the Upper East Side and in Harlem 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Under the dubious influence of friends, a man named Youngsoo pressures his girlfriend, Minjung, to change her habits and cut down on her drinking in bars and cafés. Standouts from the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z He is frustrated by a trainee of dubious sincerity who plays the Jewish Card in order to gain religious accommodations. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z The Coens' reinvented western is now second only to The Color Purple in the dubious league table of biggest disappointments on Oscars night. Oscars 2011: The King's Speech resonates as The Social Network blips 2011-02-28T06:43:17Z He cites officeholders and others making what he sees as dubious claims—for example, that reducing the tax on savings will increase the savings rate. ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Science fiction writer Andy Weir, author of “The Martian” and “Project Hail Mary,” is dubious about the scale of the undertaking. Imagining a five-star hotel among the stars 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The young woman is the kind of enthusiast who hops on the creaky floorboards upon taking possession of a dank one-bedroom apartment in a dubious building. Was That Really Me? A Novelist Discovers Her Younger Self 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Many have found these claims at once irresistible and dubious. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Sharockman doesn’t say so, but Trump has the most dubious track record of anyone on PolitiFact, with nearly 70 percent of the statements on his scorecard rated “Mostly False,” “False” or “Pants on Fire.” The fact-checkers venture into Red America to try to win over skeptics 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Ono's art is better seen in the context of dialogue, as part of an artistic community, rather than her own somewhat dubious uniqueness. Lost in the Yoko Ono labyrinth 2012-06-18T18:03:42Z If this twenty-something is not happy, then that’s what you address with her, without using dubious mathematical formulas and without even pinning your concern to the guy. How to handle best friend’s engagement to a freeloader 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z When collaborator Ulrich Krieger approached Reed and proposed the idea of analyzing the sounds of the album and performing them on stage, at first the singer was dubious. Lou Reed is back with experimental music of 1970s 2010-04-20T16:39:00Z That meeting, an online recital for friends and colleagues, capped a brief and frantic curriculum of voice, movement, scene study, stage combat and some dubious dialect work. How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Singing, Dancing, Knife Fighting 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The show’s dubious concept would be immaterial, I suppose, if it proved witty or stimulating. ‘The Cardinals’ at the Public Theater 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Over the past two decades, the term man cave has risen to dubious prominence, tritely used for any space reserved for the particular pleasure of the gentleman of the household. Art Advisor Will Kopelman Devises A Sophisticated Home Office 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z They have found a dubious niche on the internet as the stars of a YouTube show, followed by half a million people. Everyone Has a Theory About Shopping Carts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Numerous witnesses testified for the prosecution, which argued that Ms. True knowingly bought ancient artifacts of dubious provenance for the collection of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Time Limit Ends Antiquities Case Of Ex-Curator 2010-10-13T22:03:00Z The notion that movies in the second half of the 20th century reflected a now-vanished consensus is doubly dubious. Are the Movies Liberal? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s a poet who pitchforks clashing detail into his lines, as if to destabilize them, to proclaim, as he does in “I Wish,” that “every second is underwritten/by an invisible host of dubious connections.” ‘Selected Poems,’ by Mark Ford, Covers a Career 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z We speak up and say that maybe we don’t want our children to be test monkeys for the dubious Common Core standards. No, you haven’t been “wrongly branded,” Jenny McCarthy 2014-04-14T13:57:00Z “The dubious woman could be more outlandish in her dress, and more experimental,” Ms. Arnold said. It’s Always Fishnets Season Somewhere 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z As science, this system was dubious at best. The Long Collusion of Photography and Crime 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z James Tyrone is an actor who has enslaved himself to the same moneymaking play, living on the road with his wife in second-rate hotels full of dubious company. Even with Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne, 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' fails to connect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z None of this is meant to dismiss the personal value of Nana’s Potato Salad, by the way, even if it does include the dubious combination of raisins, rosemary and dill. Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z For a writer, it’s a dubious honor to be thus referenced but not quite read: it’s a way to remain forever present and forever misunderstood. What Color Were Kafka’s Eyes? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Until then, “A Score to Settle” takes a strange, intermittently violent and digressive trip alongside a dying man of dubious mental clarity — in other words, the kind of role that’s bang in Cage’s wheelhouse. ‘A Score to Settle’ Review: Vengeance Is Fine 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z As played with abrasive charm by Ms. Dunagan, Ida is a loquacious fabulist, full of dubious tales of a glamorous past. Review: In ‘The Treasurer,’ a Son Remembers Mama, as She Forgets Everything 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Nairobi is way too busy to take notice of you and your “profound” journal entries which are likely to wind up as a dubious African influenced concept album. ArtsBeat: Stew in Africa: A Long Time Coming 2011-07-26T19:00:27Z Even before the fair opened, there were “disruptions” and “activations” — to use the dubious rhetoric of the culturally complacent — going on throughout the city and parties everywhere. The $120,000 Banana Wins Art Basel 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z As those layers fall, Landis reveals himself as a lonely man once diagnosed with schizophrenia, looking for human connection, and the sense of accomplishment — however dubious — gained from his acts of deception. At AFI Docs, bold characters and controversial stories take the spotlight Yes, that Seth MacFarlane and that Cosmos; the project was announced a year ago and I was dubious I’d ever see it, but what Fox showed was quite gorgeous. Upfronts Watch: Fox Cuts Jack Bauer In Half 2013-05-14T09:45:31Z “Accidents Will Happen,” he said with dubious factuality, was actually written immediately after and about a brief, boozefueled romance with a cabdriver in Tucson. Elvis Costello returns to the Warner Theatre 38 years after a legendary performance 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z O’Reilly made clear that he was dubious of what Trump was saying, but he ultimately shrugged. “There are a lot of killers. We got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent?”: Turns out, O’Reilly is not a man of principle 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Skeptics said they were dubious that Mr. Indiana, who died in May at 89, actually signed off on the work commissioned last year by Johnsonville Sausage in Wisconsin. Was This Homage to Bratwurst Really Designed by Robert Indiana? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Such insecurity, while the ruination of those like Jivan, is the dubious salvation of those like PT Sir and Lovely, for it allows them to shuck off their morals and their scruples with minimal regret. A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z It prompted the band to license more tracks to TV shows and video games, earning them the dubious title "the most ubiquitous band whose name you don't know". The Naked and Famous: Making waves 2013-09-20T06:39:28Z In conversation with an academic advising committee, Julie must stand her ground in the face of dubious filmmaking veterans accustomed to certain rigid practices. When Women Filmmakers Get to Tell Their Origin Stories 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The stories that recognise people as they really are – the books whose characters are at once sympathetic subjects and dubious objects – are the ones capable of reaching across cultures and generations. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z Pop culturally, "highly successful but ethically dubious" is just another way of saying "lawyer." 'Partners' misuses Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z And yet, in David Auburn’s autumnal two-hander, directed by Daniel Sullivan for Manhattan Theater Club, this dubious deal yields an unexpected friendship. Theater Listings for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But trying to see South Africa through the reflection of Oscar Pistorius is dubious. Mies Julie in London: 'Apartheid was an insane experiment' 2013-03-06T20:00:02Z When it was suggested that she move to Paris, no one was more dubious than her family. Diane Kruger: ‘I truly believe the best is yet to come’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The dubious conclusions “The Wind Traveler” draws are a far cry from the moral solution it set as its task. The Problem of Wartime Guilt and Its Long Life Span 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Last year, the winners won absolutely nothing except the dubious honor of being mentioned in the column. Frugal Traveler Blog: Plan a Frugal Trip in Sweden 2012-05-29T18:28:01Z Lost her friend, the butcher’s son Mycah, who was put to death for dubious reasons. The horrors of ‘Game of Thrones,’ character by character 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The incident brought her popular visibility, but of a somewhat dubious kind: as crazy-lady artist, daring but ditsy, and a passive component of a male artist’s work. Charlotte Moorman, Tradition Disrupter, Is the Focus of Two Shows 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z This dance of the dead is not some dubious high-concept coda from a director bent on textual depravities. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z In this role, he makes a costly and dubious decision, deciding on expensive new presses to relaunch the print Guardian, even as the paper’s future was being staked to digital. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z He can recall in almost rapturous detail the torpedo fins on his father’s navy blue 1949 Pontiac, the one with the now politically dubious Indian head hood ornament. Ralph Lauren Is Still Behind the Wheel 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The participants on this show are more varied — survival experts and military men but also well-meaning back-to-the-landers with dubious skills. Critic’s Notebook: Discovery’s ‘Dude, You’re Screwed’ 2013-12-20T22:30:53Z Acceptance of dubious provenance made for inaccurate art history and fueled a black-market system. Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z I saw Program A, which included “The Big Hill,” playwright and performer James Macdonald’s account of reckless hang gliding and dubious adolescent crushes. Playwrights aim to pack maximum effect into one-act festival's short stories 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z And that fact alone makes middle-aged people happier, thus confounding the survey’s dubious results. 20 reasons to be cheerful in middle age 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z And even some in the art world remained dubious. Pérez Art Museum Miami Recalls Pink Islands 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z When Koenig and another reporter attempted to retrace Adnan and Jay’s steps according to the cell tower timeline, they found that the timing possible, but dubious. Everything We Know As "Serial's" Season One Ends 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z She beat the likes of Tom Wolfe who won the dubious accolade eight years ago. Bad Sex award for Canadian author 2012-12-04T20:33:23Z But the pattern of imports chosen for the dubious honor of a second life in the American entertainment industry suggests cause for concern in its emphasis on the pliable and familiar. Lost in translation: why Hollywood can't stop remaking foreign films 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Girl erases all memories of boy from her mind in a dubious brain-zapping procedure. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: No 8 2010-10-16T10:47:00Z He bolstered the attribution with stylistic parallels to the rest of Shakespeare’s work, but the collection is dubious, the parallels are thin, and very few scholars today accept the poem as Shakespeare’s. The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Not only are questionable claims an invitation for government regulation, but they risk making even legitimate applications seem dubious, he said. Why Is CBD Everywhere? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Reagan, he says, has ‘common sense,’ but his photographic memory is cluttered with dubious information gleaned from his favorite periodicals, Reader’s Digest and Human Events.” 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z So the film may be on factually dubious territory here, but it is being true to its subject. Oliver Stone's The Doors: a flash in the pan that won't light anyone's fire 2011-02-17T12:07:12Z In the aftermath, Trump continued to promote the dubious image of riot-torn cities and defended Rittenhouse, saying he acted in self-defense. ‘Race and Violence in our Cities’? A topic for the first presidential debate draws criticism. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z It has indeed been entertaining, as well as a reminder that entertainment with no other purpose is often a dubious—and, in the realm of politics, dire—goal. Song of the Summer: “Bawitdaba,” by Kid Rock 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z That was the first of many dubious decisions to come. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z Comedian Josie Long, 28, is given the somewhat dubious accolade of "funny girl": dubious not because she's not funny, but because the epithet sounds more than a little patronising. Isn't it time to lay off the list-making and let our artists make art? 2011-03-16T13:03:58Z He nods at the larger world, suggests that desire fuels some of the boys’ interactions and floats some dubious deterministic ideas about what makes these kids tick, expressed mostly through bad parenting. ‘Beautiful Beings’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys Will Be Violent Jerks 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Because of the lack of uniformity amongst purveyors and food companies, this practice is still just as dubious — practically 50 years later. Food waste can be lessened by being a little less strict about "use by" dates 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z There were dubious offerings, like the History channel’s “JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide,” which was not about what happened, but about what people think happened. Staring at the End, in Several Senses 2013-12-13T19:29:33Z Perhaps in response to the dubious arrival of Elizabeth, Ethan is ready to rumble — big time. 'Closer to God's' cloning thriller a modern-day 'Frankenstein' 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The movie they’re in is still as beholden to the same old guns and poses as the earlier ones, the same dubious ideas about what constitutes coolness, the same box-office-friendly annihilating violence. ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Review: Slipping Through Dreamland (Again) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Since the election, he’s become one of the more energetic promoters of dubious assertions about the 2020 presidential contest. Dan Bongino isn’t just taking over where Rush Limbaugh left off — he’s building a conservative media universe 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Which is why, of course, saddling bridesmaids with huge expenses is also a dubious choice. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A bridesmaid worries about her investment in this relationship 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In Michael Greif’s pinpoint production for Second Stage Theater, the very idea of personal growth came to seem dubious: In searching for the self, everyone is hurtfully selfish. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But, unlike the dubious picture at the play's heart, the performances are definitely the genuine article. Turner 'excellent' in Bakersfield Mist 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Though I remain a little dubious of the turn Fringe has taken–resetting its story, in a sense, to a fight-the-future resistance storyline–I’m hoping a final 13 episodes will focus its creativity. TCA 2012: Fringe—They Did It Their Way(s) 2012-07-24T12:33:59Z Will Phillips tell Brand that his opinions are of "dubious worth"? Join us for a Question Time to remember 2013-06-20T17:47:12Z Many witnesses testified for the prosecution, which argued that Ms. True knowingly bought ancient artifacts of dubious provenance for the collection of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. ArtsBeat: Trial Over, Former Getty Curator Speaks Out 2011-01-06T18:00:17Z The women are rivals, but as they play a piano trilling about lace and melodies — and everything else unmentionable — they form a rueful sisterhood that’s as emotionally persuasive as it is narratively dubious. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The timing is suspicious, so Thomas Kell, recently forced out of the service following a dubious interrogation in Kabul, is enlisted to find her. New Books by Claire Vaye Watkins, Marie NDiaye and More 2012-08-29T21:12:46Z He wrote: “It is a story of the dubious redemption of a teenage delinquent by condition-reflex therapy. It is, at the same time, a running lecture on free-will.” The 7 best movies new to Netflix in March 2019 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z A case study in dubious connoisseurship or mad money or gullible criticism? Abroad: Testing Art for Authenticity at London?s National Gallery 2010-07-12T16:06:00Z The principal wall texts do not name a single photographer, instead offering dubious platitudes like “Hip-hop portraiture is about pausing to see the subjects for who they truly are.” International Center of Photography Refocuses in a New Home 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But critics say the practice is murky at best and ethically dubious at worst. CNN said a source declined to comment. Except he actually did. Is that a problem? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z They are depicted as strange, of dubious sense and morality, violent, to be approached with caution, and with the kind of curiosity that dehumanizes, intentionally or not. After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In Britain, over-reliance on supposedly expert testimony, dubious cell-confession evidence and withholding of information from the defence have also contributed to mistaken verdicts. Do you have the courage of Conviction to fight miscarriages of justice? 2011-01-17T15:49:38Z For years, women’s roles at this festival seemed best symbolized by the “Sundance It Girl,” a dubious honor that stretches at least back to Andie MacDowell, a star of “sex, lies, and videotape.” At Sundance, a Glorious Diversity of Voices Breaks Through 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Maybe I'm venturing into a dubious mystical argument by suggesting that a work's value can come from extrinsic environmental factors beyond anyone's conscious control, but I think it's often true. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark": Voices in the basement 2011-08-24T20:25:00Z The dubious designation as one of the worst justices ever falls on James McReynolds, who wrote comments like "This makes me sick" on colleagues' circulating opinions. Former justice pens history book about the Court 2013-03-06T19:13:08Z This has not, however, put an end to hopeful claims to have finally unearthed Shakespeare's "true" likeness, based on fairly dubious circumstantial evidence. Mistaken identity 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Believe the nay-sayers, in fact, and you may conclude that is nothing more than another dubious commission, a fresh line in exploitation. Jamie Foxx: 'Django Unchained is supposed to make you angry' 2013-01-17T15:45:00Z I’m always dubious of all manifestations of the Great Man theory of history, in which destiny is shaped by the rise or fall of a single individual. Rabin’s death was Netanyahu’s victory: An explosive new film argues that Bibi is morally culpable for the 1995 assassination 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z In Berlin Taubes was remembered as a provocateur of the radical left-wing students who terrorized professors in the 1970s, yet was a friend of dubious figures on the radical right. The Man Who Made Thinking Erotic 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z But you’re conflating faith, fairness, character, societal intolerance and those dubious perfection claims — and knotting them with the common thread of astonishing communication problems. Carolyn Hax: Different faiths, different expectations. Should they marry? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z It depicts behavior of dubious ethics, sometimes gleefully. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “Those dubious thoughts, the mind chatter, the rat in the skull — that’s comedy,” Pitt said. The Planets, the Stars and Brad Pitt 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z This dish also features "fried cake", which has me pondering the dubious desirability of frying a chocolate or sponge cake, but that cannot be it. Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z Given that Obama's first chief of staff was the famously pugnacious Rahm Emanuel, now Chicago's mayor, that statement always seemed dubious. 'The Obamas' a portrait of their life in D.C. 2012-01-09T15:37:00Z Just toss up any old dubious report, and if you're really butt-covering, tack a question mark at the end of it. How celebrity gossip destroys journalism's credibility 2011-08-24T17:25:00Z To others, like the critic Sam Sacks, her writing is “dead-eyed and apathetic,” her crudeness a “dubious trademark,” amounting only to “hokum.” Ottessa Moshfegh Is Only Human 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But there are also Hollywood movies that seem to me to affirm democratic possibilities without resorting to rosy, increasingly dubious projections of consensus. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It was a stormy college relationship from the start, steeped in blackouts, dubious decision-making, unsavory outcomes and loads of guilt. Motherlode Blog: ‘Mommies Don’t Drink’ (Anymore) 2013-04-17T13:00:37Z An ode to bad taste and dubious intentions, the ha-ha comedy “The Disaster Artist” involves one of the favorite topics of the movies: itself. Review: In ‘The Disaster Artist,’ How to Fail at Moviemaking 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Then stories of his own dubious actions on the set of the Kill Bill films began to emerge. The end of the auteur? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In these pieces, Vargas Llosa considers the dubious legacies of leaders such as Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet and Papa Doc Duvalier. A Pulpy New Novel and Juiceless Old Essays From Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z In his most recent essay collection, “The Rub of Time,” Amis devotes himself to that singularly dubious “contribution of medical science,” the aging writer. Martin Amis Offers the ‘Inside Story’ of His Relationships With Three Famous Writers 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In those cases, the ethics didn’t seem quite as dubious. Aziz Ansari on Acting, Race and Hollywood 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z But it seems to me that the production is reaping the dubious reward of its constant goading and prodding. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z I assume it is this knowledge — that he will never shake his reputation as a morally dubious man — that will drive him to become Saul Goodman. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: A Chimp With a Machine Gun 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z A subplot concerning immigration law is vastly oversimplified, and Suruli’s arc to becoming a semi-good guy seems dubious in the wake of his unrelenting recklessness and brutality. ‘Jagame Thandhiram’ Review: Scheme, Slaughter, Repeat 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Trying to guess the identity of a photographer by her images is a dubious game, as Johnson Artur proves in this exhibition. 38 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Slowly at first and then quickly, Dustin abandons his professional distance and throws himself into an investigation that relies on the same dubious psychological theory that convicted his brother three decades ago. Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the scariest novel of the year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z These days, "diversity" is a dubious word as politicians express their fear of a dysfunctional multiracial Europe. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z They didn’t tell the actor about the use of butter as a lubricant – presumably in the dubious pursuit of added authenticity. Ang Lee: 'I am Hulk! I am the hidden dragon!' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Warner’s triumphs seem to rest more on his noble character than on gameplay specifics — a dubious notion given the N.F.L.’s competitive standards. ‘American Underdog’ Review: A Football Fairy Tale 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Certainly some of the problems can be pinned on the uninterestingly janky script, a mess of goofy jokes, storytelling clichés and dubious politics. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z "I realized that seriousness for seriousness' sake was its own kind of trophy and a dubious one," she said. Natalie Portman addresses Harvard grads; reflects on 'Black Swan,' insecurities 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z This scheme requires Eliza’s coöperation, however, and she is dubious of it. The Moralizing Pseudo-Realism of Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Brothers tried her luck again on the superseding "$64,000 Challenge," answering each question correctly and earning the dubious distinction as one of the biggest winners in the history of television quiz shows. Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 2013-05-13T22:29:44Z I think about the world in exactly the opposite terms—that everything lacks substance, that everything is ephemeral and mutating and dubious. Designing a Book Cover for Italo Calvino 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Halvorson’s objectives are ethically dubious, but his rimless eyeglasses are splendid. “The Innocents,” Reviewed: Teen Lovers on the Run in a Young-Adult “Westworld” 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Americans also consume plenty of oil from Saudi Arabia, whose wealthy rulers claim similarly dubious legal ownership of the country’s oil, this time “from the Holy Koran and the sayings and customs of the Prophet”. Corrupted bounty 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Germany Year Zero is ostensibly about a 13-year-old scrabbling to survive in the chaos of defeated Germany, but it's the ruined city itself, with broken buldings and dubious denizens, that is the real subject.• 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z In April, Washington City Paper’s reader poll named it the best bagel in D.C. — until recently, perhaps, a dubious distinction. How an upstart baker helped bring respect to D.C.’s bagel scene 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Paying for intel of dubious origins might set off ethical alarm bells in most Western newsrooms. Bellingcat breaks stories that newsrooms envy — using methods newsrooms avoid 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z It is generally told as a morally dubious young woman seducing an older king into leaving his wife and his church, before she is executed for failing to give birth to a male heir. How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Yet Dean has made some dubious public claims about the impact of Cuomo’s nursing home order and another news organization’s coverage. Fox weather forecaster Dean turns into fierce Cuomo critic 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z And even some who got booths are dubious. Art Fairs Spring Up All Over This Month 2011-05-06T04:18:46Z The idea that you could go out and make TV the way generations of young people had made movies or scribbled coming-of-age novels seemed dubious as recently as 2010. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Lia seeks help from a dubious psychic, but is understandably reluctant when a pushy TV documentary-maker proposes a film about missing persons. Review 2010-10-06T23:43:00Z There is something a little dubious about the idea of a glamour model seeking to be photographed with an Aids-infected African child as a means of gaining media exposure. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Oscar winners were not immune from the dubious distinction of most-overpaid, either. Drew Barrymore tops list of Hollywood's overpaid 2011-11-03T21:17:09Z Lewandowski’s hiring at CNN after leaving the Trump campaign is one of the worst embarrassments in a campaign season in which the competition for such a dubious prize is fierce indeed. ‘Catch and kill’ at National Enquirer gives media one last black eye before election 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z VanDerBeek graduated from Cooper Union in 1998 and found work after school as a commercial photographer, which brought her to London for a time to photograph that city’s dubious predilection for Brutalist architecture. 2010-02-11T22:15:00Z Of course, in the world of “Talk House,” that’s a dubious honor. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Still, I was dubious about this evolution, as if the stage were trying to ride on the coattails of foodie culture. Rib-Eye Steak With a Side of Shakespeare 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Some New Yorkers felt a flicker of schadenfreude when San Francisco overtook the Big Apple for the dubious honor of most expensive city for renters in the country. The 10 worst cities in America to rent an apartment 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Above that, a curved screen served for projecting various kinds of graphics, animations and what looked like a trailer for a kung fu film of dubious provenance. Asian inspiration as L.A. Philharmonic tackles 'Pelléas'; Pacific Symphony 'Turandot' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z And that is to say nothing of the glistening sedans that dominate the space, lending it the dubious allure of an automobile showroom. On the Runway: Lincoln Center, Round Two 2011-02-11T23:15:54Z Its premise looked dubious: four works by very different composers, all bracketed as “new music from Nordic countries.” Review: The New York Philharmonic Highlights Nordic Works 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z But was Rafferty right to prize literary quality over dubious subject matter? Myra Hindley: a new chapter 2012-06-19T19:29:01Z Sally is delighted; Robert is dubious; and the three non-prodigals are uneasy about his motives. Review: On Netflix's Bloodline, a Family That Preys Together 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z What they have to say sounds pretty dubious — Murray and Jack broadcast the kind of mock-profundity more common among students than faculty — and the question is to what extent that’s deliberate. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The production has many fine qualities as well as one or two dubious ones. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z Makes sense that you'd probably want to be as caffeinated as possible if you were being poisoned and had one day to live earth like Kate, but the connection otherwise might be a bit dubious. What is "Boom Boom Lemon drink" from Netflix's "Kate"? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z In Haiti, where a 2010 earthquake killed more than 250,000 people, Clay said other aid groups were originally suspicious of his work, dubious of the results in a high stress situation with limited resources. Clowning around in a time of war 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Reluctantly acquiescing to her publisher’s request, she turned to drafting “Little Women,” dubious about whether the coming-of-age chronicle of four sisters would find an audience. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Bentley’s small but memorable role in the film is another morally gray character for an actor whose strong suit is playing dubious characters. Wes Bentley: “I get a kick out of dangerous people” 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z After graduation, both ran interference with my dubious parents when I announced that rather than going to law school, I planned to leave Minneapolis for New York and become a writer. Motherlode Blog: The Brother-Sister Bond 2011-11-01T23:47:07Z I admit I was, and still am, dubious of this recipe's origin. Sugar, spice and everything nice: These southern "tea cakes" are perfect for fall entertaining 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z But he also asks if any of us who enjoy today's online videos of humiliating moments, or of provocateurs trying to get a rise out of strangers, isn't on morally dubious ground. 'Shut Up Little Man!' should spark loud debate 2011-09-22T21:18:10Z Some is quite good – especially the sausage Ronto Wrap — but picky kid eaters may be dubious. May the Force be with you on this DIY ‘Star Wars’-themed road trip 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z In the 18th century, dubious seawater “cures” — like flushing the eyes or repeated dunking — were promoted in the West. ‘The Last Resort’ Interrogates the Beach While Enjoying It 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It keeps us from recognizing that whatever the dubious merits of this 21st century might be, it has at least given us a plenitude of options. My generation, living on the road 2014-04-20T23:59:00Z And while some were dubious — namely of how big the cake was, or the price of the flowers — most were blown away by the family’s resourcefulness. Couple creates DIY wedding cake from Costco sheet cakes and Trader Joe's flowers, spends less than $50 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z A simple missing-person case, it seems at first, involving a man of dubious morals. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Cheers to Ben on a spectacular run, and for defending deeply dubious sound art to the very end. Popcast: A Send-Off for Ben Ratliff 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Things get interesting when Sonnia makes the morally dubious choice to join the Night Ride, and finds out just how expendable the animals she loves are, in the eyes of the world. 3 Middle Grade Novels Explore the Bond Between Horse and Human 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z His sardonically titled “A Balanced Diet,” for instance, depicts a meal of dubious nutritional value precariously situated on industrial scaffolding that extends as far as the eye can see. October galleries: Apocalypse now 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But his performance on the show—so over-the-top and willing to court outright failure as to verge, at times, on the unhinged—matters more than whatever dubious cultural cachet his name adds. 'House of Cards' Knows Exactly What It Is 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Lou Lumenick of the New York Post called it "the most dubious 'dramatic' debut of any singer since Britney Spears" and took Cyrus to task for "displaying approximately one and a half expressions." Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z The popularity of cleanses continues to rise, even as health experts seem dubious about the efficacy of some of these diets. Cooler Cleanse and BluePrintCleanse, for Juice Diets at Companies 2012-07-11T20:32:02Z Others, however, were concerned about a "mob mentality" and called it "highly dubious" and "vigilantism". Book 'pirate' goes underground after being named by Terry Goodkind 2012-07-11T16:04:06Z As a learning experience, though, her assignment seems dubious. In the galleries: At Hamiltonian, a birthday celebration of a different sort 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Google users searching for cancer information more generally might end up being served ads that promote dubious treatments, even if those sources don’t show up in the search results. They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer — and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z His parents’ marriage was dubious—they were first cousins—and had been disastrous. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z It’s a history wrought with painful caricatures, cruel punchlines and dubious erasure. New this week: Neil Young, ‘Miss Juneteenth,’ Padma Lakshmi 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Em’s music has posed countless moral quandaries over the years, but MMLP2 is never weighed down by its emotional heaviness or dubious subject matter. Eminem Follows His Own Lead on The Marshall Mathers LP 2 2013-11-05T10:45:08Z William H. Macy stars as the family patriarch who gets by in life just about any way he can, setting a dubious example for his offspring and others in his orbit. Showtime says ‘Shameless’ will air final season this summer 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z And those who promote it — in the news media, in political discourse, in serious-looking reports published by dubious think tanks — are anything but fools. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Such institutions, he said, are under increasing pressure to clear their collections of antiquities obtained from dubious dealers or that lack proof that they were neither looted nor funneled through the black market. Museums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to Investigation 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But American freedom so often degenerates into slimy Burger King self-parody, covered with dubious condiments. "Hugh Hefner" and the creation of American manhood 2010-07-30T00:30:00Z When Eddie actually tries to live the private detective dream, by placing an ad for his dubious services in the local paper, someone actually takes him up on it. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The pace builds to a crescendo, as more dubious offers are made: A yacht appears, and a beach house “given to you by an uncle in Nigeria.” Art Review: Laure Prouvost Exhibition Opens at New Museum 2014-02-20T23:19:30Z Bird’s piece spins allegedly distinctive black female strength as a powerful weapon, giving African American women an edge over white women and black men—a dubious message. “Oh, girl, get up. You got this”: Why the “strong black woman” stereotype is an albatross 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Even the dubious employees at Hawkins Lab don't look prepared for the creature laying waste to the town. The Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer Hints It's Up to Eleven and Will 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z We may assume intelligence and purpose and order when that is just wish fulfillment, when it is just our own dubious cleverness. My life needs a purpose 2013-01-30T01:00:00Z For nonspoiler purposes, let’s call that solution “the shiny object” — a project of dubious ethics, and little probability of succeeding, that nevertheless proves irresistible to all who contemplate it. ‘My Zoe’ Review: Julie Delpy’s Provocative Family Drama 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z The migration of art galleries to dubious neighborhoods and their consequent transformation is of course a time-honored urban path to gentrification. Scene/ Seen: Art and Artisans Flourish After Apartheid 2011-02-04T12:00:05Z Then along comes a dubious ex-boyfriend, a lawyer, who tells you that you may actually own the island. It’s 2038. The World Is Dust and Forests Are Scarce. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At the time, the idea of global pandemonium seemed dubious, even in fiction. Analysis | The novel that inspired ‘Blade Runner’ didn’t predict our current reality, but these writers did 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Penn may be the unfortunate winner of this dubious contest, to judge from the insistent jeers that greeted “The Last Face” at its Friday morning press screening. Cannes Keeps Its Traditions, Including Its Boos 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z John and Levi trade stories with each other that either are not true or are dubious. D.I.Y. Sci-Fi: A Talk With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z This suggests that the strategy, which airlines claim is on dubious legal ground, may be becoming more commonly accepted. Ranking the best airfare search sites and apps 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z They were asked to kill and die in a morally dubious undertaking in the service of a country that refused to treat them as full citizens. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The dubious variation on Ms. Plante’s offering is a new company called Personal Dating Assistants. Office Help Is On the Way, Virtually Speaking 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The smarmy pep talk, with its generous doses of magical thinking, isn’t the only dubious line of goods Charlie is peddling. Theater Review: ‘Bethany,’ With America Ferrera, at City Center 2013-01-21T03:00:00Z They bond over the dubious wisdom of sending drunk-telegrams and the difficulty of finding Holmes the proper hat. ‘Holmes & Watson’ Review: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and the Dull Routine of Bromance 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z These parents have become increasingly stigmatized by a family court system that not only discounts evidence of abuse but accepts dubious theories used to undermine the protective parents’ credibility. Custody in crisis: How family courts nationwide put children in danger 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Proper parents should therefore bring children’s headphones to apply to childish ears, whether the content is animated, live-action or, as Miss Manners would term such dubious entertainment as videos of purchased goods being unpacked, inanimate. Perspective | Miss Manners: Is it okay for children to watch videos in restaurants with the volume on? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Critics of hypnotic regression dismiss such visions as scientifically dubious. Remembrances of Lives Past 2010-08-27T20:58:00Z Scientists who spoke to The New York Times in January after the film’s premiere at Sundance called that claim medically dubious. ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ Review: An Excavation of International Intrigue 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z There are millions of women waiting to meet me on dozens of dubious apps. Is Spam Trying to Tell Us Something? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z It all sounded eerily similar to the PCP overdoses of the 60s and 70s, when that dissociative veterinary anesthetic enjoyed a period of dubious notoriety. The year in synthetic drugs 2012-12-26T17:48:00Z There’s also Bran Castle, which is probably the most touristy spot in Transylvania thanks to its dubious connections with both the fictional and historic Dracula. 6 Spooky Travel Destinations for the Halloween Season 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z I interviewed Charlie three years ago and he was jittery and surrounded by dubious hangers-on. Emilio Estevez: ‘Brat Pack will be on my tombstone’ 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It promises to yield objective findings that will harden even the softest science, or so the dubious logic goes. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z A few of the many Degas works featured in the show include his paintings of laundresses washing and ironing, sketches of debonair men with dubious intentions lurking backstage at the ballet and “The Absinthe Drinker.” For ‘Little Dancer’ set designer Beowulf Boritt, windows into the soul It contained 26 photographs of dubious quality purporting to be of works by Pablo Picasso and a request that they be authenticated. The Picasso mystery 2010-12-04T00:06:00Z Equally dubious is a long, narrow fifth-floor gallery, where an awkward space and a wide assortment of canvas sizes create a startlingly disjointed installation. Art Review: Damien Hirst Spot Paintings at Gagosian in 8 Cities - Review 2012-01-12T20:22:52Z He claims not to have been a whistle-blower exposing the dubious practices of Big Pharma, but was immediately fired when senior executives read his book. Love & Other Drugs ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z All supposed supernatural footage is shaky and slightly dubious, so that culture of on-the-spot, subjective personal journalism, mixed with all of this ancient hocus-pocus, felt like a really fun dynamic. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Are Back With a British ‘X-Files’ 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Even those white industry players who make a good-faith effort to effect change often cling to dubious Hollywood formulas. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This dubious socio-economic rationalization evaporates the moment the four, guns firing wildly, rob a bank to finance the kidnapping. Review: ‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’ Revisits a 1983 Dutch Crime 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z He is almost in ecstasy, seeing in his daughter a chance for redeeming his own life, which has, by his own admission, been spent on dubious ventures funded by his wife’s money. Review: In ‘Her Requiem,’ a Gifted Daughter and Her Two Warring Parents 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “Appelbaum does have an ax to grind, but unsheathes it only occasionally, usually to offer cutting one-sentence dismissals of particularly dubious claims by economists,” Justin Fox writes in his admiring review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Of course, all we've seen of "Karen" so far are trailers, which might not be enough to gauge its full depth and story, but its name and premise alone are dubious. New horror flick “Karen” already causing backlash as a “Jordan Peele-knockoff” 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z This dubious claim was used to justify a law change removing employment rights from workers in the New Zealand film industry, and the extraction of hefty additional taxpayer subsidies for the film by Warners. How the Hobbit dispute was used to justify curbs to the actors' union 2012-11-30T12:18:19Z I hear these claims all the time, so I shot them a dubious look. Frugal Traveler: On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise 2011-06-29T15:26:28Z This may seem dubious, since the play was “Macbeth,” but this “Macbeth,” from the movement-based Synetic Theater, is shorn entirely of Shakespeare’s language. Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z Steamboat holds the dubious prize of North America’s most expensive lift ticket at $269. Land of 100 Olympians: Why Steamboat Springs is a winter sports mecca 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Sadoski, who lends a dubious whiff of political cunning to his youthful mayor, is a wonderful actor familiar to HBO viewers owing for his time on "The Newsroom." "Tommy" is bracing and earnestly woke, maybe even too much for CBS' audience 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z When questioned by those same interviewers about whether his novel would still be read in 20 years, Ellison was dubious. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z However, he recognized that the Master of Arms was throwing him a lifeline, and that affirming this dubious narrative could get him out of hot water. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z As ambulances wailed past my window, the analogy seemed dubious at best. Can Ballet Come Alive Online? 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z These gestures often felt more like effects than insights — and occasionally entered the realm of dubious interpretation, artificially heightening the music’s vigor. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The Tonys are arguably a PR blast for the system that supports such dubious achievements. The Tony Awards brouhaha is best taken with a shoveful of salt 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Most of it has been extremely positive – ticket sales for the opening production of The Barber of Seville are more than encouraging – but some people are obviously dubious about the merits of "pub opera". Small pub, big opera 2010-10-18T15:01:00Z It was shown at the Marie Harriman Gallery in Manhattan, where a critic for The New York Times found it “merely sensational and of extremely dubious value.” Art Review: The Far-Ranging Artistic Alliances That Shaped a Sculptor 2010-12-16T23:45:12Z On hatching a dubious plan, one says: "We're not the only smart guys in the world." Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly' 2012-05-24T10:54:09Z An era known for disease, drudgery and dubious hygiene, the Middle Ages weren’t exactly glamorous. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He recently completed an original screenplay, but is dubious about film or television writing. Isaac Marion’s ‘Warm Bodies,’ in theaters this Friday, is a portrait of zombie/human love 2013-01-26T04:43:16Z A McDojo teaches techniques of dubious value and efficacy for a very, very steep price. My education in toxic masculinity: Fist fights, bullying, and the strange glory of MMA 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z To the show’s dubious credit, there is no conscious camp in such moments, which were threadbare back in the days of “Valley of the Dolls.” Theater Review: ‘Chaplin: The Musical’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theater 2012-09-11T02:00:17Z Perhaps one of his son’s descendants had made the dubious decision to travel to the rolling wheat fields outside of Woodstock, Ontario, where my grandfather grew up. No. 1 Thomas Rogers in the world 2012-06-25T01:00:00Z The wonderfully named but factually dubious “stoned ape theory” posits that great evolutionary leaps were made when early humans ingested psilocybin. A Strait-Laced Writer Explores Psychedelics, and Leaves the Door of Perception Ajar 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes it is because of references to dubious banking practices, which seem to us newly topical, but the rest of the time it is because of Borkman's casual misogyny. Is it OK to laugh at Ibsen? 2010-10-25T09:57:00Z Less fun company are the kvetching married couple Barb and Murray, purveyors of some of the show’s more dubious humor. Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z "I can understand why that is gourmet," she says, with a dubious look on her now much less expensive face. SuperScrimpers: Spring Clean; Motor Morphers – TV review 2013-05-07T06:00:08Z A long period during which seekers, ushered by algorithms, found themselves immersed in wells of dubious advice and conspiracy thinking. They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer — and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Sample wisdom from a cook in a dubious diner in Episode 2: “Everybody tastes the same on the griddle.” Review: Syfy Goes Grindhouse in the Delirious ‘Blood Drive’ 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The New Republic judged the film "inaccurate, entirely misleading, and, in its own small way, morally dubious." Questions of truth circle Oscar favorites 2011-01-26T12:16:04Z Prominent cultural anthropologist Roland Girtler also doesn't understand the excitement, noting that throughout history, courtesans and highborn ladies of dubious repute were always welcome at balls. Ruby's presence shakes up staid Vienna Opera Ball 2011-03-03T14:17:28Z In “Human Development,” a recent Stanford grad grapples with the cultural responsibility of dating another Khmer man against the backdrop of Bay Area tech’s dubious conflation with social progress. Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z There would be a touch of schadenfreude in seeing so many celebrities fooled, if there were not so many ethically dubious aspects to the story. 'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Yes, our big museums are embracing a wider world late, and for dubious reasons. ‘Under the Same Sun,’ Art From Latin America, at Guggenheim 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Sorensen might be of dubious utility, but his mother and grandmother — well, they’re something else entirely. ‘The Changeover’ Review: Stranger Danger 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But he also noted that “the narrative of cross-cultural understanding by way of individual affinity is a comforting but ultimately dubious one.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’ and ‘The Breadwinner’ 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z For most of the play, he veers from one ethically dubious stance to another. ‘3 Christs,’ About Milton Rokeach’s 1959 Study 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z I cried in our hot trailer, filled with doubts about this dubious, desperate undertaking, about our relationship, about everything. Making Space in Marriage, Even as the Walls Close In 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Scientists should be listened to only if they supported conservative causes, for example dubious studies purporting to demonstrate that same-sex parenting is harmful to children. I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Whatever the case, this dubious declaration would hang over my head for a dozen years. I was a “male spinster” 2012-11-29T01:00:00Z Buzz with the Fuzz - Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds A hipster's frankly dubious entertainment plans are inconvenienced by the repeated interventions of the Old Bill. Readers recommend: Songs about the police - the results 2011-03-24T16:42:45Z His dubious achievement is to reduce a real person – his wife Aura Estrada – to a narrative device, while he hides behind the unreliable narrator, "Francisco Goldman", unfalsifiable and beyond critical reach. Too much grief 2011-08-19T21:55:11Z Chris Pavone, the author of the forthcoming novel “The Accident,” went in a different, somewhat dubious direction: He chose the book business. Chris Pavone’s Thriller ‘The Accident,’ Set in Book World 2014-03-10T21:39:56Z Mr. Lafleur faces a challenge familiar to many young North American filmmakers: How to convey the tedium of contemporary life without succumbing to it or loading it up with dubious significance. New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Lipsky’s assignment is to pry, distort and betray, to use Wallace’s words and the details of his existence as material for his own dubious project. Review: ‘The End of the Tour’ Offers a Tale of Two Davids 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Whether the administration will have the teeth to stand up to the petrochemical industry is dubious, but we predict companies and consumers will forge ahead. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Moreover, his apparent psychic gifts allow him to earn a bit of dubious extra cash. Biutiful 2011-01-30T00:05:53Z She hails from a dubious performance tradition that started in minstrel theatres, in the nineteenth century, and, since the nineteen-eighties, has been floridly revived by black male comedians doing intra-racial pseudo-drag. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z She saw the confessional poetry that bloomed into vogue in the middle of the 20th century as a dubious pursuit, for the most part. Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop: A Different Kind of Literary Tango 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet, as always, we enter into morally dubious territory. Classical music can unite and console in troubling, angry times 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Other devices the show employs are of similarly dubious worth. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He also kept receiving awards from literary groups. Last year the Horror Writers Association named the Vampire Novel of the Century — “a dubious but interesting distinction,” the honoree noted. Richard Matheson (1926–2013): The Wizard of What-If? 2013-06-28T20:55:11Z He’s involved in something dubious concerning his business, but on this day he’s also going through a ritual – one that concerns, we soon find out, the death of his child. Jude Law: 'When I became a parent, I would cry at anything' 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Dale, a former rocker, has fallen on hard times and into the small apartment of his adopted son, whom he ensnares in an ethically dubious venture. Theater Listings for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Stuart Taylor Jr. wrote in the National Review that Kinsman’s story was inconsistent and her evidence was dubious. “The Hunting Ground” filmmakers on why sexual assault is treated differently from other crimes: “Were you drunk when you claim the television was stolen?” 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z She makes it clear that Sarah is complicit in her own exploitation, and yet finally feels bewildered and imprisoned by her immense, dubious fame. Review: ‘Venus’ Recalls a Woman’s Fortune, and Her Ruin 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” returns us to a less stable period for the throne, when the claim to hereditary power was dubious and heirs were in short supply. Behind Every Monarch, an Art Alliance 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Just like that, the green side would finally shed its dubious distinction of possessing the nation’s most-regressive tax structure. Hey, Eastern Washington: Don’t give us any (divorce) ideas 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z But it mines the investigators’ hunt for the truth, combing through documents and evidence, for a dense but engrossing political thriller that navigates the ugly history of black site water boarding and its dubious effectiveness. In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Rather, I’ve lost the same five pounds about 20 different times through a series of dubious dietary stunts. Sexy dresses that barely fit 2013-01-02T00:30:00Z I’m interested in the way people spin narratives to justify their own relationship to cash, building elaborate rationales around dubious, even criminal acts. David Means on Waiting for the High to Kick in 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He argued that Western journalists frequently avoid asking tough follow-up questions or allow dubious claims to go unchallenged. As potential conflict looms, some pundits suggest reporting skeptical of the administration is unpatriotic. It’s not the first time. 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Below we explore the dubious claims of frequent and familiar relationship maxims. 12 insanely bad pieces of sex and relationship advice 2014-02-10T23:57:00Z The logic here is dubious at best, especially since no one can lie to Aro. It Was the Best of the Worst of Times: Breaking Dawn-Part 2 2012-11-15T21:09:35Z Scholar and author Scott Richard Lyons has called the blood quantum method of determining citizenship “dubious racial geometry.” Waking from the John Wayne dream: Columbus and Jackson are dead, but America’s war against Indigenous people lives on 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z “Information wants to be free” may be a dubious maxim, but it has a more obviously true corollary: Intellectual property wants to be exploited. ‘Futurama’ Review: Latest Go-Round Mines the Past 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z “Making a priority of chasing these fake carrots and money and dubious accolades,” was, he said, “I think, really destructive.” Ethan Hawke: superhero movies are overrated 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z And in the latest episode, it’s Taylor who signs the papers justifying Axe’s dubious short position on Klaxon, even though the numbers don’t bear it out. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 10: Nonconformity 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Or is it designed to harangue us into some dubious appreciation of the annals of Washington? Presidents are every bit as flawed as all of us. Let’s celebrate that. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Bill Condon's drama was not half as corny as that dubious honour might suggest. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z A dubious setup is sometimes necessary to birth new beauty. Review: A Poetic, Postmodern Spin on an Old Art Form 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But it soundly bested the online search engines again, which would have charged me $356 more for the dubious privilege of dealing with a machine instead of a human. Frugal Traveler Blog: Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner? 2012-02-14T19:04:29Z Hurkos' contributions to the investigation were dubious at best: At one point he was arrested for impersonating a police detective and harassing a potential witness. New movie to explore bizarre hunt for the Boston Strangler 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Conway also explained that Castle’s mission, and especially his tactics, were “morally dubious.” The Punisher skull: Unofficial logo of the white American death cult 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z As are you: To the borrower’s dubious priorities and to the lenders’ indiscretion, just respond as you see fit. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can a separation save a reader’s marriage? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z But Oz claims to not be in the pockets of the lobbyists; instead his “flowery” descriptions of dubious products is all just to “engage viewers.” Must-see morning clip: Dr. Oz is part of the nutritional supplements problem 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z He has to use a local staff with dubious qualifications. Review: ‘Trial & Error’ Features a Confederacy of Dunces 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Dec. 11: Even by the low standards of the genre, this book’s sociological background — “what science knows” — is a dog’s dinner of shopworn management cliches, hacky quotes and dubious pop science. Review | Can a new self-help book cure procrastination? I tried it and here’s what I found. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Distributing a comedy in Hollywood is like shooting fish in a barrel: just as tricky and in some cases just as morally dubious. US goes bananas for Apes, while Universal will be satisfied by Purge 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z We may be suspicious of lyricism and dubious of a gripping plot, but jokes—jokes are for real. Half-Truths, Non-Truths, and Louis C.K. 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z When the plans were announced it sounded like a dubious idea, a tawdry way for a major opera house to look hip. Opera Review: ?Anna Nicole? Reimagined at Covent Garden 2011-02-18T04:59:19Z This irony, in which those on the fortunate end of historic wealth inequality attempt to chronicle a populist movement produced by that inequality, often results in dubious journalism. Chronicling a Community, and a Country, in Economic Crisis 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z But he has an excellent series of books set in West Africa around a dubious hero operating in a dubious environment. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z In the United States, the poorest are not the fattest; that dubious distinction goes to the middle-income tier. Perspective | The true connection between poverty and obesity isn’t what you probably think 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Today, veterans of those Ur-interventions find themselves trying to replicate their dubious successes in places like Mexico and Honduras, the Central Africa Republic and the Congo. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z With Filth at four and Rush at five, The Fifth Estate held the dubious honour of being this week's highest new entry. Prisoners survives box office slump 2013-10-16T11:32:38Z Those on large political subjects like mankind’s dubious stewardship of the land, reviewers said, sometimes read better as prose than as poetry. Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 88 2014-02-07T20:50:12Z "Seward was not a saint, he was a practical politician, and he was prepared if necessary to use dubious means to achieve great goals," Stahr writes. 'Seward': a new biography of Lincoln's right-hand man 2012-09-26T22:15:06Z Those of us dubious about tomorrow’s world feel as ineffectual as Canute holding back the tide. My 13-year-old son sent a sexually explicit email to his teacher 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Most of the fish we do eat — 91 percent! — is imported, some of it from dubious sources, he writes. Saving salmon: Author Paul Greenberg speaks on our ‘American Catch' 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z A post-Tarantino rush of dysfunctional Americana, full of lurid violence and dubious humour, it stands awkward comparison with some of Schrader’s more memorable films. Paul Schrader: ‘I’ve made some important films. Dog Eat Dog is not one of them’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Offhand, I cannot think of many researchers who haven’t tacitly adopted some dubious universalist assumptions. Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Yet when we examine these twelve steps more closely, we find dubious ideas and even some potentially harmful myths. The pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous: There’s a better way to treat addiction 2014-03-23T18:30:00Z Every new crisis seemed to postpone another opening, leading to it break the record for the longest run of preview performances, a dubious milestone. Reboot of Broadway's 'Spider-Man' flies again 2011-05-12T17:36:17Z Using time lines, archival clips, witness interviews and re-enactments, the film deconstructs the Innocence Project investigation and describes dubious methods that a private investigator working with Mr. Protess used to elicit Mr. Simon’s confession. Review: ‘A Murder in the Park’ Challenges David Protess’s Innocence Project 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The film starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly was derided by Albert and his two sisters, Princess Caroline and Princess Stephanie, as "a farce" based on "erroneous and dubious historical references." Monaco royals announce a baby on the way 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Still, many of the Oscar-centric assumptions that were widely shared in Hollywood on Monday morning look dubious or worse now. New York critics pile the love on “Carol” — but wait, “Mad Max” is now an Oscar contender, too 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z After their home is burgled, Meera surmises that they may have been targeted, and seeks answers by investigating Henry’s private life, which is both highly dubious and conveniently easy to look into. ‘Intrusion’ Review: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Balfour, it turns out, was one of the first of the scrappy, ethically dubious tabloid reporters poached from UK publications to bring the National Enquirer some chops. Scandalous: behind the sordid inner workings of the National Enquirer 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Certainly not for all tastes, but adventurous SIFF-goers will appreciate filmmaker Robert Persons' passionate lament regarding the dubious nature of progress. June 4 at SIFF: 'A Tribute to Edward Norton,' with the actor in attendance 2010-06-03T20:12:00Z If this twentysomething is not happy, then that’s what you address with her, without using dubious mathematical formulas and without even pinning your concern to the guy. Carolyn Hax: A friend in an abusive relationship needs nonjudgmental support “The provenance is very dubious,” he said by phone from France. Did Christie’s Do Its Homework? Buyer of Nazi-Tainted Work Says No 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z She’s phlegmatic and neurotic, moral and morally dubious – passionately defending abortion, and stopping off to buy herself sweets before visiting her recently hospitalised boyfriend. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z It should be possible to criticize it without reaching for a dubious argument that it leads to massacres. What We Should Be Thinking About Pop-Culture Violence, and What We Will Probably Do Instead 2012-12-20T13:00:20Z But they also want to hear their religious convictions affirmed—convictions that, as the Dawkins survey suggests, may seem a little dubious during the rest of the week. The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z And that’s before you get to some of the film’s more dubious particulars, like filming a foreign exchange student naked without her knowledge and broadcasting it via webcam to the entire class. American Pie at 20: why the raucous comedy could never be made today 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z They all give thoroughly detailed physical performances, in which you always feel both the chafe and dubious comfort of domestic intimacy. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z Suddenly he becomes a police hero in somewhat dubious circumstances. The Place Beyond the Pines – review 2013-04-13T23:07:32Z That sets off a deadly rivalry between the monarchs, which is heightened by dubious men who manipulate their rulers only to inch closer to royalty. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘WOW’ 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z You can spot a “Sparkle pony” by her rainbow dreads, platforms and preening, while you will certainly have the dubious opportunity to see several “shirtcockers”, men who sport a shirt and nothing else. The crazy world of Burning Man – festival survival guide 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z For better or worse, depending on which critic one consults, she pulled off that dubious feat by accenting her dramatic one-shoulder Dior haute couture dress with a pair of pristine opera gloves. The Uproar Over Amal Clooney’s White Gloves 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z There is something rather like this in the remarkable, if at times somewhat dubious, documentary . Searching for Sugar Man – review 2012-07-28T23:05:46Z I have been directed by dubious friends to the recent review of my novel, “Forty-Four Gravel Street.” Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In court, his lawyer argued that he suffered from Asperger’s syndrome and had trouble distinguishing right from wrong, a dubious defense that the judge nevertheless accepted, handing Rist a one-year suspended sentence. The Man Who Stole Bird Feathers 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z While such health proclamations are at least disingenuous and perhaps dubious, they highlight two problems facing the wine industry. Wine labels can be vague, and drinkers are thirsty for clarity 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z He breaks down those who take part in his shows and then builds them up again until they're so grateful they want to smother their foul-mouthed saviour with dubious teary hugs. Gordon Behind Bars: the task he faces 2012-06-27T10:54:30Z There is nothing very glitzy about a dubious oaken chest or a pair of modern Louis XVI marble vases fitted to electricity. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z If Vermes is wholly right, any claims about the "revealed" authority of traditional Christian faith are pretty dubious. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z Museums are not buying objects of dubious provenance. Antiquity Market Grapples With Stricter Guidelines for Gifts 2012-07-12T15:26:17Z Over the years that phrase — usually in a snappier, syntactically dubious variation, without the R — has become both a cliché and a cultural principle. ?Moneyball,? ?Ides of March? Contain Inside Information 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z The medical industry is an industry and there is money to be made in ethically dubious stunts like trying to patent our genes. Kevin Trudeau’s empire of “they” disappears 2014-03-18T14:22:00Z Lanier was particularly scathing about remix culture, which he viewed as not only ethically dubious but also self-defeating in the long run. Jaron Lanier: the digital pioneer who became a web rebel –interview 2013-03-17T00:05:39Z The idea of such nonstop elections in the animal kingdom seems dubious at best. Documentary suggests sky not falling after all 2011-03-10T01:59:52Z A couple of months ago, I read an essay he wrote in The Nation, “Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery,” which I found ingenious, erudite, and immensely stimulating, despite what I considered its dubious assumptions. A Filmmaker Trying to Break Free from Instagram Modernity 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But the re-assertion of differences is more than a dubious political stratagem. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z “Aroused” is organized around scientific and medical episodes from the 19th century to the present, many of which involved dubious and unethical practices. Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The Japanese outside of Fukushima Prefecture are hesitant to buy the local agriculture, dubious of government radiation testing. L.A. Phil's YOLA players are goodwill ambassadors near Fukushima 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z It's that image that leads him down a path that is a little dubious. "It's a quiet revolt": Filmmaker on how "The Last Tree" moves between Black and white spaces 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Even so, every new crisis seemed to postpone another opening, leading to it break the record for the longest run of preview performances, a dubious milestone. Reboot of Broadway's 'Spider-Man' flies again 2011-05-12T10:16:08Z But she couldn’t provide details of this dubious claim and later acknowledged under oath to the staff of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that it was not founded on anything at all. Perspective | New Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany could do the impossible: Make us miss Sean Spicer 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z William Miller somehow made being an intense, gawky teen with a music taste dictated entirely by my mum's dubious record collection seem OK. Why I'd like to be … Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z I wasn’t going to do the movie because I was dubious about it. The Carpetbagger: 'Reality Bites' and the Perils of Being a Generation's Touchstone 2012-01-21T19:45:42Z The alternative, as showcased by a few other Cabinet secretaries, seemed to be overexposure by way of dubious usage of private jets, undisclosed conflicts of interest and photos in front of sheets of paper currency. Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But while shows such as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men and The Americans offer subtle examinations of morally dubious figures, the villains of The Handmaid’s Tale simply haven’t earned this tender second look. Sympathy for the devil: how The Handmaid's Tale finally goes too far 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Novelist Tom Wolfe is among the list of nominees for the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2012, having won the dubious accolade eight years ago. Tom Wolfe up for bad sex prize 2012-11-20T15:21:56Z Some are dubious of the so-called Vine Art Movement. A Light Safari in Wine Country 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z But in an era where repackaged snake oil can be easily and immediately spread by anyone with a platform, we must be more mindful than ever to question dubious claims. From vagina eggs to anti-vaxxers: is it time for an influencer detox? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z A sleazy after-hours club of dubious renown, it was a place where people “were allowed to express themselves in almost any way they liked,” as Jalle Rousku diplomatically put it. Heads Up: Under London Railway Arches 2010-10-22T19:16:00Z The controversial actress and satellite radio personality has been best known in more recent years as a self-appointed “mother warrior” on a dubious search for a link between autism and vaccination. Wrong again, Jenny McCarthy: First it was vaccines and autism, now it’s HIV 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Some of the programming choices are also dubious. Preview: Highlights from the First Week of the New York Film Festival 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z She works as a barista at a coffee shop on the Warner Bros.’ lot, dashing off to audition for small roles in dubious films and television shows. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “You have to be willing to violate,” Marty says in a voice-over in Episode 2, explaining the art of persuading companies to buy the dubious services he sells. | 'House of Lies': ?House of Lies,? With Don Cheadle, on Showtime - Review 2012-01-07T00:39:31Z As “Playboy Club” earned the dubious distinction for first new series canceled this season, NBC also announced that it was ordering a full season of episodes of two new comedies, “Up All Night” and “Whitney.” ArtsBeat Blog: Times Readers Predicted Bunnies' Demise 2011-10-05T12:00:20Z Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, unremarkably played, is also saturated with love and death, but this was programming of dubious taste alongside the poignancy of the Lieberson songs. BBCSO/B?lohl?vek ? review 2010-10-04T21:00:00Z As they said in our earlier email conversation: “It’s fantastic watching people’s faces change from dubious to wowed in a matter of seconds.” To brie or not to brie: can vegan 'cheese' taste as good as dairy? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Like the franchise’s previous allegories for marginalized experiences — the zombies of “Zombies” and werewolves of “Zombies 2” share hardships with Black and Indigenous Americans, respectively — this one is dubious at best. ‘Zombies 3’ Review: Take Me to Your Cheerleader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The film, divided into three overlapping, nonlinear segments, follows a dubious group of folks connected by blackmail, murder, revenge and a sloppy life-insurance scam. 'Kill Me Three Times' a case of style over substance 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Opinions have always infected news stories, he argues, so the notion that they should remain separate on cable news is dubious at best. How breaking news got panelized: On cable, journalists and pundits increasingly share space. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Does his line about “a great nation caught up in dubious war” apply to America’s folly in Iraq? Books of The Times: Prophecies by Nostradamus and Climate Central 2012-07-23T20:56:24Z She is played, with admirable daring and conviction, by Amanda Seyfried, who does what she can to turn a dubious conceit into something more credible. Movie Review | 'Chloe': Amanda Seyfried Goes on an Undercover Mission 2010-03-26T00:40:00Z “They were dubious — more than dubious,” Charen recalls one recent morning at the sprawling stone home that she and her husband recently bought in Arlington after years living in Great Falls, Va. Pundit Mona Charen blew up CPAC. Even she was stunned by the vitriol that ensued. 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z In her screen debut, Lansbury needed only a few scenes to earn an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress, which speaks to the suggestive potency of her performance as a young maid of dubious intent. Angela Lansbury’s Greatest Roles: A Streaming Guide 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z This is, to say the least, a dubious claim. On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell – review 2012-07-13T21:55:02Z A taped sketch found them introducing the show—“Late night for the people!”—to a classroom of dubious grade schoolers. The Verbal Wit and Bronx-Born Street Wisdom of “Desus & Mero” 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Personally, I think Stephen Colbert’s biggest sin in the dubious “Sensitivity to Orientals” gag that sparked so much Internet navel-gazing on Friday is that it’s overworked and not very funny. Why we fight about Colbert and Lena Dunham: Twitter politics are all we have left 2014-03-29T16:00:00Z But all of those dubious claims can’t hide one feeling: despair. Tell Me a Story with a Happy Ending, Part II 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Over the rest of her life, she frittered away the fortune she inherited from her father on a series of unsuccessful law suits and dubious investments. A Duchess Brought Low by ‘A Very British Scandal’ 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z But that wasn’t enough for critics of the woman who last summer earned the dubious nickname “abortion Barbie” for her filibuster for reproductive rights. Wendy Davis is not Chris Christie 2014-01-21T20:26:00Z Alas, Linton's broad film actually never goes over the top enough often enough, making it, ultimately, a dubious achievement at best. With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Maternity is the awesome totem at the book's center, the dubious object of Swenson's research and an elemental power, capable of possessing Patchett's dueling doctors, compelling them to do terrible things. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z Race, after all, is ghostlike: a dubious entity invested with immense power by believers. ‘Loving Day,’ by Mat Johnson 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The show’s designers say the outfits were inspired by the aquatic-looking costumes that early French filmmaker Georges Méliès used to depict Martians, but in rehearsals, the acrobats were dubious. Local man proved to his parents he could make the big leap to being a performer 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It was a victory from a stage novice that silenced critics who had moaned about movie stars with dubious skills showing up in Times Square simply to sell tickets. Scarlett Johansson tones down the sex as Maggie 2012-12-20T11:01:05Z Information of dubious validity and unknown origins perfumes the streets along with a mysterious chocolatey aroma, driving everybody nuts. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z That little drive is wanted by mobsters, who are on the run from the cops, who themselves are of dubious distinction. "Date Night" hits home for Tina Fey, Steve Carell 2010-04-06T13:34:00Z It was only after their wedding that she heard about his claim to have worked as Uday's body double, a claim she says she always found dubious. The tangled tale behind The Devil's Double 2011-08-13T10:00:01Z Mr. Trump himself, however, has often counseled that art is a dubious haven compared with real estate, and he has proved his convictions. Trump and the Arts: ‘Evita,’ Huge Towers and a Snub for Warhol 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z When Michelle Robinson first heard her fellow lawyers swooning over a new summer associate named Barack Hussein Obama, she was dubious. In ‘Becoming,’ Michelle Obama Mostly Opts for Empowerment Over Politics 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Bran Castle is probably the most touristy spot in Transylvania thanks to its completely dubious connections with both the fictional and historic Dracula. Frugal Traveler: Budget-Friendly and (Almost) Dracula-Free Transylvania 2014-01-27T20:22:08Z Asher — peering through tortoise-shell glasses, framed by tufts of faded red hair — was initially dubious at the prospect of a book. How Peter Asher, a Jack-of-all-Trades in Music, Mastered Them All 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He recalled watching an early screening of “Moonlight” with Jenkins shortly after Coates’s memoir, “Between the World and Me,” made him heir to a dubious legacy of writers crowned The Voice of Black America. Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “The claims against the Mayor Gallery are dubious,” Mr. Leventhal said. Shadow of Old Masters’ Forgeries Hangs Over an Art Fair 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Moreover, by forcing so much into such a simple straitjacket of historical categories, he lets himself in for a whole range of dubious generalisations and obvious oversimplifications. Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland – review 2012-08-23T09:40:01Z That was their inspiration for Well&Good, though even supporters were dubious. Well&Good NYC Website Appraises Beauty Products, Workout Studios and So-Called Health Food 2014-03-06T00:27:22Z Still, she tells a dubious Vee, “This is not my forever career.” 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: Taystee Gets Her Moment 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The accuracy may be dubious, but biopics are more like allegories anyway, A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Steve Jobs’ and ‘Portlandia’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z But broadcasting pressure group the Parents Television Council called timing of the announcement "dubious". US networks pledge ratings advice 2012-06-12T10:13:12Z Its shelves were crammed with symbols of long-gone epochs, genuine collectibles and dubious tchotchkes. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Nudity, sex, smoking and drinking, much of it in a dubious cause. Review: ‘The Master,’ From Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-09-13T15:23:48Z At other times, however, the takeaways from the toddler library are more dubious. “Pat the Bunny” is kind of twisted and other lessons I learned from picture books 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Too easy, and in this case of dubious accuracy. Television Review: Simon Cowell?s ?X Factor? on Fox - Review 2011-09-20T22:46:56Z Saying the entirely white crowd of Republicans celebrating their new “American Health Care Act” bill passage in Congress looked like “they just invented Sickle Cell,” SNL Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che looked dubious. WATCH: SNL’s Weekend Update says AHCA received a “thumbs up from the Grim Reaper” 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Nearly all were dubious, and not because of hygiene or laziness. Real Men Don’t Rent 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Instead, we get a dubious cycle of abusive men and the women savagely getting their own back. In the battle against toxic masculinity on screen, is revenge our only option? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Daniel Nardicio, an event producer who hosts a Friday underwear party at the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove, was dubious about the ability of people to restrain themselves over time. Is the Party Over on Fire Island? 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z To be sure, Mrs. Clem speculated in dubious investments and openly consorted with cardsharps, forgers and other scam artists. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z He wrote that the book, based on more than 200 interviews with defectors, “paints a picture of a restless populace, increasingly dubious about the official propaganda.” ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z Sitcomish Squalor and Dysfunction The new play “Oliver Parker!” at the Cherry Lane Theater might qualify as offensive — certainly it strives mightily for that dubious laurel — if it were not so patently artificial. | 'Oliver Parker!': Elizabeth Meriwether?s Dark New Comedy 2010-05-20T22:00:00Z Mr. Fountain became wealthy from his appearances and recordings, but he admittedly made bad investments in hotels, hot-dog franchises and other dubious business propositions. Pete Fountain, who kept Dixieland swinging in New Orleans, dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z That’s the labyrinthine, heavy-breathing soap opera, the likes of which dominated afternoon television until the dubious verisimilitude of reality shows largely elbowed it off the small screen. Review: Exploring the Edge of Soap Opera in ‘Shadowland’ at La MaMa 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z I’m a lifelong admirer of both science and logic, and my concept of psychics was limited to the dubious crystal ball variety seen in movies. 'I thought psychics were full of shit': how a sceptic turned to clairvoyance 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Dr. Muscarella was among those calling out the Met for buying a piece of dubious provenance. Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Drug warriors who claim that pot is addictive point to the large number of kids in treatment for “cannabis-related disorders,” a NIDA-concocted syndrome of dubious clinical relevance. Pot: Not just for losers! 2012-08-15T11:44:00Z But at the same time, in the internet era, it is easier than ever to play a role, an ideal platform for 6ix9ine’s dubious slide into gang performance. Tekashi69 Courted Gang Life. Then Reality Became Too Real. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z At certain turns on “Love Island,” new people arrive to mess with the existing ecosystem, one set in motion by dubious gender dynamics. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z But he is dubious about the role of Yale. Will a New Play Restart a Fire? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The future president came away more dubious of any entanglement, Mr. Topping wrote in his 2010 book, “On the Front Lines of the Cold War.” Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z It’s a dubious view that some conservative scholars in the West continue to propagate to this day. Zack Snyder and the West Should Stop Killing Ancient Persians 2014-03-10T14:33:58Z One features Noah Jupe as the fresh-faced child actor Otis, a precocious talent, in the dubious care of his alcoholic, bitter father, James. ‘Honey Boy’ Review: Shia LaBeouf Lets Himself Off the Hook 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Take Kid Ink: He’s from Los Angeles, but where he really lives is on the radio, in saccharine party anthems full of dubious gender politics and toothless rapping. Party-Rap Tunes, Served Up Light 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z He finds himself in a web of colonial intrigue and dubious business dealings. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z Prosecutors said the ruling could set a dangerous precedent if convictions are overturned over dubious closed-door deals. Bill Cosby prosecutors take case to US high court 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z A friend who knows her grains looked dubious when I ordered the house-made whole-wheat spaghetti. ‘Vegetable Forward’ Chef Gets His Own Patch at Loring Place 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z I didn’t love “Fresh,” which uses a captivity freakout to dubious feminist ends, though I may have enjoyed it with more company. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Early in the pandemic, the meatpacking industry used dubious claims of impending food shortages to lobby the government for permission to stay open with minimal oversight. We need to better protect food and farmworkers during COVID-19 and beyond 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z In the past month I have been scolded by Pomeranians and Great Danes, eyed suspiciously by dogs of dubious but no doubt excellent parentage. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Who was that masked man, Fido? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The pregnant lady was dubious, and still queasy, but also hungry. One order of ‘Thousand Year Old Eggs with Jellyfish,’ please 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Now they share the dubious distinction of being the subjects of “and Me” books, each written by a self-proclaimed dear friend and Westport neighbor. Books of The Times: Close-Up Portraits of Paul Newman and Martha Stewart 2010-03-21T23:35:00Z Being a major poetry critic in the United States today may seem like a dubious honor, almost akin to being the best American cricketer, or a distinguished expert on polka. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z Those girls help goad her into this dubious celebration, in fact. Review | ‘I Hold A Wolf by the Ears’ offers the greatest distillation of Laura van den Berg’s talents to date 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Molly, meanwhile, is clearly more dubious of how human, or safe, Ethan is, even as she works to bond with him and reconnect with her family. REVIEW: Halle Berry Stars in CBS's Extant 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z I laughed, mirthlessly, almost missing his equally dubious claim that “there will not be a separate criminal justice system either.” A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s hard to know whether this represents hypocrisy or penitence on McKay’s part, but the idea that someone can’t care about both politics and popular culture is dubious at best. ‘Vice’ Review: Dick Cheney and the Negative Great Man Theory of History 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The sound was so rich that it didn’t much matter that the lyrics posed questions of dubious poetic or philosophical import. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z But they should also end because they bolster the morally dubious illusion that charity “constitutes an effective and adequate response to hunger, homelessness, and illness”. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Erica, a 30-something who suffers from failure to launch, is dubious at first. Comfort Viewing: Why I Love ‘Being Erica’ 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In order to safeguard this arrangement against an increasingly vindictive and erratic president, Congress used its veto-override to pass the constitutionally dubious Tenure in Office Act. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z A beautifully voiced choric nymph adds a dubious metaphysical dimension. Amphibians; A Doll's House; Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-16T00:06:01Z Still, given the way in which the draw has already been decided, it’ll probably be the predictable Argentina-Brazil final, with the Brazilians winning one-nil, and no doubt thanks to a dubious refereeing decision. A Selfless Man: David Peace Talks About Bill Shankly and 'Red or Dead' 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Together they set off on a scheme both hyper-technical and legally dubious, one that seems certain to tear apart everything else in their lives. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Can Geekiness Be Entertaining? 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Other films that share the dubious distinction of receiving 10 nominations with no wins are 2002′s Gangs of New York and 2010′s True Grit. Oscars 2014: American Hustle The Night’s Biggest Shutout 2014-03-03T12:30:40Z In fact, when the Beatles first reached out to him, he was dubious. Glyn Johns Doesn’t Get Why People Like His Look in ‘Get Back’ 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z You reveal contradictions and his dubious efforts to protect himself with information that he claims but cannot prove, or the outright lies he told. Meet the narcissistic inventor of the bulletproof vest who "endangered as many lives as he saved" 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z But in fact it's a deeply dubious phrase. Arts cuts and arm's length: some thoughts 2010-10-21T10:56:00Z Obsession is the overarching theme, probably, but with a dubious premise and four unpleasant characters, the play is not involving enough to be as shocking as it aspires to be. Theater Review | 'Sex & Violence': Short Stroll to the Wild Side From the Safe Side at Home 2010-02-17T21:43:00Z Its heart was Chapel Square Mall, essentially a suburban-style shopping center in the middle of the city that embraced virtually all the dubious planning ideology of the 1950s. The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z That seemed a very "period" thing to be in Britain, something out of the dubious, not quite hygienic mysteries of Madame Blavatsky, a pure product of the 1890s. Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z The series, whose second installment will be broadcast on Sunday night at 9, looks at capital murder cases in which questionable evidence or investigative tactics led to convictions of dubious merit. | Television: Capital Crimes, Re-Examined 2014-03-15T16:00:09Z It features venal politicians, dubious journalists, a public health scandal and insider dealing. Public Enemy; These Shining Lives; The Hothouse – review 2013-05-18T23:07:16Z Its ratings success meant a one-off live show snowballed into a sold-out jaunt around the country's arenas, thrusting the curious convoy back into a world of synchronised dance moves and dubious fashion choices. The Big Reunion Tour – review 2013-05-15T17:16:59Z In part because of this, the men sitting in the Oval Office have often embarked on dubious conflicts and made some extraordinary mistakes along the way. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z But, during one of those bad days before the better days, when I was questioning my dubious career choice, I walked to Ben Ness photo, now closed, on Thirteenth Street and University Place. My Rear Window 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Same idea, though – dubious big business ahead of domestic hardship. TV review: Secret State; The Comic Strip Presents … Five Go to Rehab 2012-11-07T22:55:01Z While the agency’s methods appear dubious, the film’s approach is sometimes lacking. Review: ‘(T)error’ Documentary Follows an Informant in an F.B.I. Inquiry 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But both of them withdrew from the downsized show this week under dubious circumstances. Prince Tribute Puts the Hometown Hero Ahead of the Superstar 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z This is dubious — the liquor was likely invented in many places, around the same time — but Barbados can claim one of the earliest documented uses of the word, in a 1658 plantation deed. On a Caribbean Rum Trail 2014-02-21T19:02:44Z Seemingly a decent sort at the start of the series, Thomas has gradually shown signs of some seriously dubious character traits. The Returned recap: series one, episode four – Victor 2013-06-30T21:10:00Z We’re dubious about yet another product that looks like it was invented in a neighbor’s basement. 7 Low-Tech Gadgets You Really Need 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The hit HBO fantasy series enjoyed the dubious distinction of placing first on a list of the year’s most pirated television shows, compiled by TorrentFreak.com. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Is a Hit With TV Pirates, Too 2013-12-26T18:54:11Z If members of the media thought the doctor was lying — and their dubious takes implied no better explanation — then they could have employed other investigative methods of verifying the story. Perspective | The 10-year-old pregnant girl exists. Why did people think she didn’t? 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In my “comments” column for dubious entries, I sometimes include useful information like “Whut?” 7 Musicals Head to Broadway This Fall, but 100 More Lie in Wait 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The promise of psychiatric DBS is immense, but considering psychosurgery’s dubious past, today’s practitioners must proceed with caution. Psychiatrists embrace deep-brain stimulation 2014-02-07T13:00:00Z Committed gives us a woman trapped in a command performance she's too smart not to be dubious about. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z As far as George, a writer of dubious distinction, and Gil, an equally sketchy actor, were concerned, their act was always suited for the Great Gray — er, White — Way. Review: ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ Stars an Even Odder Couple 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In cinema, the Golden Globes maintain a dubious distinction between Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while the Oscars combine the genres, unless the film is in a foreign language. The problem with the British Comedy Awards 2012-12-05T16:02:08Z Burkhart titled the portrait with a dubious sentiment — “The Life of the Spirit Is Elevated by Pain” — but the painting nevertheless is affectingly empathetic. At Armory’s Winter Antiques Show, Volumes of Variety 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z This time that dubious honor fell to – or to be more accurate, was forced upon – Madonna and Rihanna. The unreasonable, degrading expectations imposed on stars' bodies 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The plot of this 90-minute work functions as a sort of lab experiment for our dubious hero. Review: They Meet Again in ‘Later Life.’ Will Fireworks Follow? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The narrative of cross-cultural understanding by way of individual affinity is a comforting but ultimately dubious one. Review: ‘Victoria and Abdul,’ a Royal Friendship in a Nest of Vipers 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Be aware that most farmed frozen shrimp, though inexpensive, are of dubious origin, and are likely dipped in some kind of preservative solution. One Pound of Shrimp, a Meal for Four 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Especially after all the hype pushed out by the publicity campaign and waves of dubious feedback on US sites attesting to the movie's quality. How to Train Your Dragon off to a roaring start at US box office | Jeremy Kay 2010-03-29T09:43:00Z Also on this most dubious of top tens were Terror Squad's "Lean Back," Crazy Town's "Butterfly," James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." 2009-12-10T12:11:00Z Even the status shifted: Our fire was declared the worst in Colorado’s history, but then another took that dubious honor. When the fires came for us 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z And it does become complicated, especially with the antiquities trade, which has its tentacles in all types of countries and various dubious entities. The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy. 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The Declaration had to be written and enacted quickly, against a climate of worsening guerrilla warfare and all sorts of dubious deal-making and arm-twisting. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z To rectify matters, he made Rocky Balboa in 2006, giving the hero some glory on which to go out, though he had now become a dubious spectacle: a 60-year-old slugger. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The movie’s swing and energy are dubious, offering a mere gloss of normalcy to the frustrations and injustices, the backroom deals and sub rosa violence of daily life. Postscript: Michael Cimino, 1939–2016 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z “I felt that they were still reeling from Trump winning in the primaries and that they were wavering between being dubious about him and doubling down,” she recalled in an interview. How does Fox News cover the Democratic field? With Peter Doocy, son of morning host Steve Doocy. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In the 1820s, he sailed on ships "of dubious character" and, as the Huntington politely puts it, "was essentially a pirate." Jane Austen family letters, 'Wicked Ned' works acquired by Huntington 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Soon the red carpet became its own cottage industry, with the E! network employing such dubious innovations as the “Glam Cam 360” and picking outfits apart on “Fashion Police.” The Evolution of Red-Carpet Politics 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z “Those bundles that look like dead leaves are the butterflies,” a mother informed her dubious son. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The game ends in a 4-4 draw after the allied team are denied victory by some dubious refereeing decisions, and they escape during a pitch invasion which follows the full-time whistle. Vinnie Jones keen for David Beckham to slip into Bobby Moore's shoes for an Escape to Victory remake 2010-03-23T11:51:00Z Yet, like the push and pull of the water here, I remained both drawn to and dubious of Ghana’s beckoning. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z If we were to adopt her stance that this is “just the way things are,” we would have no way to judge, and therefore no basis on which to object to current dubious practices. Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z There were, however, some who were dubious to begin with, even though they remained hopeful. 'Baby Yoda' changing station at Disneyland is just a clever hoax, Disney Parks confirms 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Orwell's own taste was notably dubious when applied to the work of others: his essay about the first three of TS Eliot's Four Quartets, for example, is cloth-eared and bigoted. My problem with George Orwell 2013-01-17T15:49:30Z Mr. Taniguchi’s expansion squandered oodles of square footage on a dubious second-floor atrium, funneling visitors along narrow, aerial passageways and escalators that filled up like the 6 Train at rush hour. With a $450 Million Expansion, MoMA Is Bigger. Is That Better? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: A jet-setting couple set a dubious record for the Mile High Club. Style Invitational Week 1440: It’s parody time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Any time a dubious idea arises in conversation with friends — whether it’s about ghost sightings or the benefits of a juice cleanse — I always ask questions about “scientific proof” or “confirmation bias.” A skeptic goes to yoga 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z But at least the show takes pains to show that rich people also make dubious business decisions based on sheer generosity. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: The Rich Are Different 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z But I was also dubious about claims that the city is the epitome of the “Colombian miracle” – shorthand for the quelling of violence of the left-wing Farc and paramilitary forces. Medellín, Colombia: a miracle of reinvention 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Moss, brazen and witty and seeming to push herself to the very edge of control, is a galvanizing presence, convincingly wild even as she’s trapped in a hothouse of sometimes dubious ideas. ‘Shirley’ Review: A Writer as Scary as Her Stories 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Benghazi was certainly a tragedy, but whether it was a scandal is dubious at best. DeflateGate ... or Ballghazi? Will the new scandal suffix have staying power? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Well, it’s dubious far beyond the point of credibility that the first mention of the Jews doesn’t arrive until after Page 50. ‘Look Who’s Back,’ With a Resurrected Adolf Hitler 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Entire careers were built on debunking Goop’s dubious claims. Perspective | Help, I keep watching Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop TV show 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z As a young, white, British woman, Winehouse’s cultural "claim" to this music was dubious -- until her personal troubles came into public focus. The authenticity trap 2011-07-25T10:59:00Z I did not mourn the almost-certain loss of even a dubious hero. The only reason to keep watching “House of Cards” is this guy 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z But even the savviest consumers confront a confusing range of dubious publications. Analysis | As coronavirus spreads, dubious books about surviving the epidemic proliferate 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Famous for: Carries the dubious distinction of being the only movie in Hollywood history in which Statham turns out to be Burt Reynolds’ son. The 'world's worst director': are Uwe Boll's movies really that bad? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z A similar anecdote appears in Kenneth Anger’s dubious book “Hollywood Babylon.” ‘Babylon’: A Guide to the Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z I live in an apartment, and I have a lot of the things I used to daydream about having: a full-sized broom and dustpan; forks; shelves of mysterious spices with dubious purposes. How do you know you've really become an adult? An illustrated essay 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z “I’m dubious as to whether it would be a secure public investment,” Kantola, who teaches political science at Helsinki University, said. Can the Guggenheim Charm Finland? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Some fans believed that narrator Ted was not telling the story to his children, but recalling his dubious history with the mother for himself. Game of Thrones to Gossip Girl: fan theories better than series' real plots 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The film would be Anderson's first since 2007's There Will Be Blood, about the battle between a turn-of-the-century prospector and a dubious young preacher. Joaquin Phoenix in talks for Paul Thomas Anderson film 2011-04-13T09:32:43Z “People are dubious. When we say we want to build this beautiful new space, they say, ‘How are you going to make it not like other downtown parks?’ The push to see Seattle waterfront transformed 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z As with all posthumous records, the idea is inherently iffy, and it’s especially so in Jackson’s case given his beleaguered relationship with Sony and the dubious conditions of his death. REVIEW: Michael Jackson’s Legacy Gets Honored (Mostly) on Xscape 2014-05-13T13:00:13Z The more dubious version of the margarita’s origin story is that it was first served by a bartender in Galveston, Texas, to singer Peggy Lee in the 1940s, National Geographic reported. Where was the margarita invented? 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z We’ve ceded the kitchen to the food industry, which helped create the no-time-to-cook mind-set with its advertising and stood ready to assist our busy selves with processed foods of dubious nutritional value. Review: Michael Pollan and Pangs of Guilt, Not Hunger 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Northern Californians are known for viewing life through a spiritual lens, one that, for some, embraces notions of sacred energy and good vibrations—prompting more than a few dubious outsiders to raise an eyebrow. A Celebrated Antiques Dealer's Treasure-Filled San Francisco Home 2014-01-28T05:00:00Z Night is fast closing in, and our fellows offer dubious shelter. Dance Review: Playing Like Children, but Much Is at Stake 2011-06-10T23:56:26Z The meagerness of Larry’s inner world becomes the novel’s own, and readers are offered a banquet of crass judgment and dubious wisdom. New Fiction Traces the Anguish of Lost Young Men 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z “If he was giving you every opportunity,” her dubious friend replies, “you would have grown out of this job three years ago.” Perspective | Love-struck hero or creepy harasser? Suddenly we’re seeing our favorite rom-coms in a new light. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z And the mercurial nature of the Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, leads one to question again why America relied on this dubious partner. Many masters, many lives 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It was a dubious formula to begin with, as both sides surely knew: congenitally overcommitted maestro coupled with perennially overworked orchestra. Review: Gergiev Leads London Symphony Orchestra at David Geffen Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z If the story is far-fetched and dubious, in the crime-movie tradition, it nonetheless resembles the kinds of stupid things people do. “Killer Joe”: Matthew McConaughey’s comeback gets creepier 2012-07-26T15:00:00Z “Black Mirror,” which takes a “what if?” attitude to technology loosely inspired by “The Twilight Zone,” was an obvious choice, but Charlie Brooker, the creator, and Annabel Jones, his fellow executive producer, were initially dubious. ‘Black Mirror’ Gives Power to the People 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z They’re both blondes who were famous in the nineties and who now use their celebrity to spout dubious parenting advice. Alicia Silverstone’s clueless vaccine advice 2014-04-23T14:31:00Z The buff-colored, precast concrete building is rather dull, however, subscribing to the common if dubious proposition that museum architecture must be boring to defer to the art inside. Pollock's stellar 'Lucifer' and impressive Anderson Collection 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Only with hindsight does the note seem in dubious taste. Documents show Jimmy Savile's access to Thatcher 2012-12-28T03:31:05Z The results can be dubious at times, when the minutiae becomes too microscopic or when he assumes that what he has not uncovered cannot be known. Books of The Times: ‘Tune In,’ Part 1 of a Beatles Biography, by Mark Lewisohn 2013-12-11T21:46:20Z Predicting food trends is a dubious exercise in any year, but those who dabble in the dark art of culinary prognostication have never faced a landscape harder to read than 2021. How Will We Eat in 2021? 11 Predictions to Chew On 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Obviously, this assumes Brother will agree not only to meet you, but also examine even one of his dubious choices — a lot of assuming. Carolyn Hax: Brother-in-law plays a part in babysitting brouhaha 2013-09-11T04:00:00Z Yes, it was a dubious choice, and not only because the award for Best Foreign Language Film went to the Hungarian Auschwitz drama “Son of Saul.” A Closer Look at Wagner and #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The charm of this fantasy has always been dubious and will presumably fade as the natural world continues to disappear and more and more species become extinct. ‘Dolittle’ Review: Baa, Humbug 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Bradford now holds the dubious honour of having a review of one of his books make the shortlist for the second year running. Hatchet jobs: the 2012 shortlist 2013-01-08T15:49:39Z Her mission, however, is strengthened when a fellow female operative is lured into an ambush by putting too much trust in dubious sources. Zero Dark Thirty – review 2013-01-27T00:06:09Z When will they realise the Iraq war was started specifically to avoid our having to host the contest, as is the winner's dubious privilege? In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z The new arrivals were initially dubious, but took on more responsibility during several months of rehearsals and gained the confidence to contribute ideas of their own, Lanz said. Syrian refugees join Mozart opera to deliver message of peace 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Medical examiner Steven Hayne and his friend dentist Michael West, the authors write, offered sloppy evidence and dubious testimony that helped prosecutors in Mississippi get the convictions they sought. ‘The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist’ Review: Justice Miscarried 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z So European music of dubious quality was treated with reverence, but critics measured American composers on a forbidding scale. Review: Douglas W. Shadle’s ‘Orchestrating the Nation’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In the 19th century, Western and Central New York were such hotbeds of social revolution, free thought, dubious science and new religions that they were known as the Burned-Over District. Meet the Mediums of Lily Dale 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Hence the sizable donation necessary to change an august Manhattan performance space into “Axelrod Hall” last season — the dubious permanence of which I likened to Enron Field in Houston. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z This becomes “Filthy Rich’s” recurring theme — how one oddly captivating man lied his way into influence, amassed a dubious fortune and thereby reaped hideous degrees of privilege. Review | Netflix’s Jeffrey Epstein docuseries honors his victims and their stories, but the creep still gets away 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z It lacks any iota of Gambino’s sometimes dubious wordsmithery, but it’s a profound statement of his desire to leave behind the doubt and insecurity that has plagued him for so long. Childish Gambino Grows Up with Royalty Mixtape 2012-07-13T15:00:39Z But this frolicsome tone seems a dubious tactic for “King Lear,” Shakespeare’s darkest and most corrosive tragedy. The Shakespeare Globe’s Informal ‘King Lear’ at the Skirball 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The girls want to discover more about a dubious substitute teacher. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘The Thief Knot’ by Kate Milford 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z They seek out a dubious journalistic opportunity in Pyongyang because they’re tired — Aaron in particular — of the endless cycles of gossip and celebrity pseudonews. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z A dubious Mr. Shatner wondered, would Mr. Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars,” get the joke? Theater Review: ?Shatner?s World,? One-Man Show at the Music Box Theater 2012-02-17T03:00:01Z He's now preaching that greed isn't good, and taking in young buck LaBeouf for dubious reasons, in a flawed but fun sequel. This week's new films 2010-10-08T23:06:00Z But there was one person even more dubious: David himself. 'We're not Game of Thrones' – Curb Your Enthusiasm's stars on their unsexy TV sensation 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, Jacobs says, this border was a kind of no-man's land, filled with dubious establishments like the Cork and Bottle Club and the Riviera Club. 'Grease' gets its grit back 2011-04-23T15:21:37Z Of course, the cynical Yuangui learns to open his heart, and he abandons his dubious occupation. ‘The Breakup Guru,’ Starring Deng Chao 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z But I told him that I was extremely dubious. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril Olson seems like a quintessentially Hitchcockian wrong man, a relative innocent sucked into a vortex of conspiracy and preyed upon by men with sinister agendas and dubious scruples. Review: ‘Wormwood’ Confirms That Errol Morris Is Our Great Cinematic Sleuth 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z All that remains now is to gain the dubious honour of becoming the most efficient ebook pirates. What they're reading in Spain 2011-03-28T07:00:01Z Such furniture was, Wright said, “client-proof”: built into the house, it could not easily be undone or ruined by the dubious decorating impulses of his patrons. In Frank Lloyd Wright Country, Architecture and Apple Pie 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In recent years it has hosted some adventurous if ultimately uncommercial fare, like the Stew musical “Passing Strange” and the revival of “Journey’s End,” as well as more dubious enterprises like the Frank Wildhorn “Dracula.” A Temple of Drama, Burnished 2010-08-28T02:45:00Z This is the part of the review in which I note that “Cold Pursuit” traffics in a bunch of dubious stereotypes and some questionable sexual politics. ‘Cold Pursuit’ Review: Liam Neeson Is a Killer Snowplow Driver 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Some museums were urged to stop taking money from ethically dubious corporate or personal sources, including board members who deny that climate change is underway. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Niven admits his agent was initially dubious about the story, calling it "a hard sell" and it was, in fact, turned down by 18 publishing houses. Ruffling feathers 2011-05-09T07:31:24Z If we were all habitually trustful and credulous of human goodness and sincerity, then there would be no questioning of dubious foreign interventions, infringements of civil liberties or sharp business practices. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z Yet for the longest time I was ambivalent, if not outright dubious, of Shakespeare, for that very same reason. Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Poet Who Dreams of Writing Novels 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Then all his recording work was postponed, his spring and summer gigs were canceled, and a major fall tour seemed dubious. My Quarantine Boyfriend Lost Everything (but Found Me) 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z In fact, this book is so morally dubious, I'd suggest not even reading this summary. Five totally immoral books besides 'Fun Home' Duke University students should also skip 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Why they chose to make an example out of her is very dubious and really disappointing. "I've done my share of bombing": Marc Maron talks about navigating failure, grief and embarrassment 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z After "The Avengers", the film is the third outing for Thor and his brother Loki, a morally dubious character who straddles the line between good and evil. No rest yet for the Marvel superhero, Norse God or not 2013-10-23T14:38:43Z Somehow the fashion and beauty icon found herself with "a bad crowd led by the dubious and nefarious character known as the Jay Z," Pitt added. Brad Pitt pokes fun at Rihanna (and Jay Z) for her Diamond Ball Gala 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But it becomes clear that Putin didn’t see the need for any, as the filmmaker continually declines to probe or push back on even the most dubious of his subject’s assertions. Perspective | Oliver Stone, ‘The Putin Interviews’ and when cinematic events are outrun by events themselves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z On the one hand the nytimes reports on the dubious racial profiling of Muslim women who opt to dress in the fashion of their faith - without... Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But affiliates also schedule shows of more dubious value, like nostalgia-driven music retrospectives and health-and-wellness content that “Nova” fans might wonder at, like “How to Live Forever With Gary Null.” ‘Elmo Knows Where You Live’: A History of the PBS Pledge Drive 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z A radio reporter immerses herself in the dubious delights of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. Travel: Philip Marsden’s ‘Rising Ground’ and More 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Turner's character is haunted by ghosts, so she does the logical thing and heads to Bedlam, now a Hollyoaks-esque trendy apartment block full of good-looking people and spooks with twitchy necks and dubious face-paint. TV highlights 06/06/2012 2012-06-05T19:00:01Z Then there’s Terry Hayes’s “I Am Pilgrim,” a first novel of dubious literary provenance, since Mr. Hayes’s earlier writing credits include a couple of musty “Mad Max” movies. A Critic’s Survey of Summer Books 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s always dubious to draw zeitgeist-y conclusions amid all the variables, including institutional mandates, programmer taste, back-room politicking and the basic fact that it can be years between a movie’s conception and its premiere. At Last Back at Sundance, Filled With Rocky Relationships and Glorious Writers 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Komen has also, in its relentless pursuit of ubiquity and corporate sponsorship, aligned itself with more dubious product placement than a “Jersey Shore” marathon. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Perhaps they are sinister creatures, looming threateningly in front of a dubious Eden. Thomas Nozkowski’s Final Statement 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Using the tyranny of a legally dubious workplace as narrative spur, the proceedings are visually utilitarian and kinetically specific, from a near-Orwellian opening with the cast assembled around Victoria Petrovich’s spare setting. 'Swarm Cell' at Greenway Court is a cryptic take on 'Grapes of Wrath' 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The country was at the height of its so-called culture wars, in which religious and parental crusaders sought to rid public institutions and the national airwaves of allegedly morally dubious work. Blackness, Gayness, Representation: Marlon Riggs Unpacks It All in His Films 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Not in an explicit sense, perhaps, but it's clear that difficult questions went unasked and dubious answers unchallenged. Rewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories 2013-05-25T23:04:04Z In those cases — politics twisted how objects are displayed, as artifacts of a dubious revisionist history at Orsay and, even if unwittingly, as exhibits in a colonialist zoo at Branly — they also produced shopping-mall-style museums. 2010-01-21T08:58:00Z Worst of all, it provided Trump with more dubious evidence of his own preeminence. Trump’s sorry night on SNL: An overhyped bummer for us all 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Arnold died in the park under dubious circumstances and Ford wants his fate to be a lesson for Bernard: “Don’t forget, the hosts are not real. They’re not conscious. You mustn’t make Arnold’s mistake.” ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 3: Don’t Make Arnold’s Mistake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z And if it didn’t, what other journal contents that he provided to Talese might be judged dubious? The murder the New Yorker never mentioned 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z In May, PBS’s “Independent Lens” broadcast “God Loves Uganda,” a devastating documentary about dubious work being done there by some evangelicals. ‘Kidnapped for Christ’ Investigates a Boarding School 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z This isn't the first time a fun Dudley Moore movie has been the subject of a dubious remake. Charmed by 'Arthur'? Other unnecessary remakes from Scarecrow 2011-04-07T22:01:20Z Across social media, influencers perpetuate wellness trends and dubious diets, frequently promoting completely useless or even dangerous advice. From vagina eggs to anti-vaxxers: is it time for an influencer detox? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Lillie Anne’s siblings are dubious, to say the least, about this plan, particularly since Barbara has a reputation for serious volatility, even violence. Review: ‘Barbecue,’ an Intervention With Love, Insults and Whiskey 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z And what is that dubious fashion choice made of, anyway? Review: Jason Craig’s ‘Longyarn’ Features a Mom Who Won’t Shut Up 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z It was just that she finally found herself challenged on an incredibly dubious line of educational thought. Controversial nun had a long history of anti-gay remarks 2014-04-08T14:27:00Z |
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