Sentences with phrase «reasons for being skeptical»

There are legitimate reasons for being skeptical: whole life and universal life policies have a long history of being oversold by pushy salespeople motivated by higher commissions.
Historians and sociologists have good reason for being skeptical that such a major change is imminent, and they are correct in questioning whether Jewish population surveys have much predictive value.
And the reason for being skeptical is the combination of the Intel Atom processor along with the Windows 7 OS.
There is a good reason for being skeptical.

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«Much has been made in the media of Jens Weidmann's candidacy, but I'm rather skeptical for three reasons,» Erik Nielsen, global head of CIB research at UniCredit, said in a note Sunday.
But the fact that the opinions of company management may carry weight in analysts» minds is just one more reason for investors to be skeptical of their research.
But Aaron is skeptical about that for another, more fundamental reason.
Bown, of the Peterson Institute, is also skeptical of a net gain in jobs in the US for two main reasons.
Someone of this belief structure is the last person we need running our country — there are good reasons to remain skeptical of Mormons, sorry for any offense to Mormons if they're not this way, but many Aare good reasons to remain skeptical of Mormons, sorry for any offense to Mormons if they're not this way, but many AREARE.
One day we may find the scientific cause for people believing in God, and we might just be proven wrong in his not existing, but until that day comes we have every reason to be at least extremely skeptical.
I am very skeptical of this idea, in part for reasons which it seems to me are closely related to some of Hall's own views.
Our bold stance in defense of reason's capacity for the universal — a capacity fulfilled in Christ's universal truth — is how we serve the deepest need of our age, a need all the more urgent because so thoroughly repressed by the skeptical, cynical mentality that predominates.
I made this soup the other day — I've always been a bit skeptical of cabbage - in - soup for some reason, but this soup brought me to the light.
There are reasons to be skeptical that he'll continue preventing runs quite like this — he's stranding runners on base at an unsustainable rate, for one — but nothing that would make you think he won't continue to be the favorite for Rookie of the Year.
Many of us were skeptical of his takeover for many reasons, primarily his lack of passion for football.
For some reason i'm quietly skeptical about the Daily Mail having any insight into Wenger's team selection... Jack looked pretty eager vs Hull.
I was really skeptical over these for some reason, probably because the leg elastic looks weird.
Another major reason the mayor isn't ready to punt so quickly is that he's rightly skeptical about whether Cuomo would deliver enough money, and deliver it reliably for the next five years.
Rahul Jain is with the Citizens Budget Commission, says for that reason, the public should be skeptical.
Rahul Jain is with the Citizens Budget Commission and he says for that reason, the public should be skeptical.
However, the project isn't moving as fast as hoped for multiple reasons — Good Earth Power blames slow progress on issues like bad weather and a regional dearth of forest industry infrastructure like trucking capacity, but others are skeptical of the company's overall business plan.
Jay Vroom, president of the pesticide industry group CropLife America in Washington, D.C., said in a 19 May statement that «we are skeptical of how sound science can be «sped up» for this evaluation and look forward to a reasoned dialogue with EPA on that point.»
Another reason to be skeptical is that Rockefeller's counterpart in the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Lamar Smith (R — TX), has won his panel's support for a contrasting bill (H.R. 4186) that most scientists hope never becomes law.
However, researchers have been skeptical of blood - based epigenetic studies for one main reason: While the genome is the same in any cell from the same individual, the epigenome necessarily changes from tissue to tissue.
For this reason, be skeptical of any health coach training that does not cover business development.
I think the main reason that many people were really skeptical about the film was probably due to how a superhero film probably wouldn't do as well as it could or wouldn't be as serious as it could be since it takes place in the 40s during WWII and sine Captain america, was more of a piece for its time when it was made, so people felt that the Nazi shtick would probably get old after a while, especially since it had been done in so many films and video games prior.
Okay, perhaps we're being a bit unfair — Warcraft definitely had its moments, even if it was kind of a mess overall, and The Angry Birds Movie was a bonafide box office hit — but the fact remains that on the whole, audiences have had very good reason to be skeptical about video game movies for a very long time.
There is reason to be skeptical of Verdean's unsanctioned, unverified findings, which he details in DVDs and books peddled by Carol Jensen (Amy Ryan), a research assistant with obvious eyes for him.
De Blasio dropped a lot less red meat about education after he became the runaway front - runner, giving skeptical reformers their first reason for hope: perhaps de Blasio is a practiced pol but not an ideologue.
That said, for reasons I discussed last week in terms of merit pay, I'm skeptical that research can «settle» arguments regarding complex organizational reforms like school choice.
For all the official optimism, then, there's plenty of reason to be skeptical that the huge national push to bring affordable high - speed Internet to all rural schools will pan out.
For this reason, postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations which claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each persFor this reason, postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations which claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each persfor all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each person.
And yes, there are other good reasons to be skeptical of Rhee, who does seem to do an awful lot of apologizing, but let's just listen quietly for a moment, shall we?)
It might make her skeptical of the notion that the richest people in the United States (the backers of charter schools) are suddenly taken with the educational plight of poor children for purely altruistic reasons.
Not only car experts, environmental organizations also see the introduction of the skeptical hydrogen cars and there are reasons for.
For some reason I'm skeptical that the one thing keeping newspaper readers from switching to E-Ink readers is the form factor, but that doesn't make this semi-transparent E-Ink newspaper display concept any less cool.
If you're skeptical about these pay for delete services, it's with good reason.
In a recent article from the Associated Press, one fund manager put it this way: «One reason I'm skeptical about 60/40 is that it's probably not aggressive enough, at least for a 40 - year - old investor.
Recent declines in mortgage rates may generate enthusiasm for real estate investments, but there are reasons to be skeptical of this.
While the current status of the job market and ever - present student loan debt have certainly made younger generations skeptical about becoming homebuyers, there are still plenty of reasons that purchasing a home could be a smart investment for your future financial goals.
It can alert you to look for reasons investors might have for being skeptical.
However, I have been skeptical of Oreo's law just for that reason; it needs to be specific on what rescue can step in to take the animal.
Yes, I know I've been skeptical in the past, but for a variety of reasons (some that I can't divulge) I'm a lot more optimistic now.
It's such a gift to developers (if it's funded of course) that I am highly skeptical of it for that reason.
I'm skeptical for obvious reasons.
There is good reason for Kanter to be skeptical.
But others were skeptical, citing the funding of the study by chemical - giant Bayer — who are facing numerous lawsuits implicating their insecticides as a leading cause of CCD — as being a primary reason for taking these results with more than just a pinch of salt.
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They are skeptical for an entirely different set of reasons.
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