In an e-mail sent to Mr. Taubmann five days after the arrest, Ms. Sinclair wrote that she had "no doubt on the merits, but still very worried".
Even so, this limited stimulus prevented unemployment from soaring to much higher levels, and nothing in this experience casts doubt on the merits of stimulus under such circumstances.
(Ironically, the space station's demands on the shuttle fleet mean that essential repairs to the Hubble, which will require a shuttle mission, may have to be postponed).The ASCB report also casts doubt on the merits of growing crystals in space, for use in pharmaceutical research.
But since most Americans have very few savings, that caveat sharply limits the potential expansion of employee share schemes, especially for poorer people.All this casts doubt on the merits of bigger government incentives to promote employee share ownership, especially in light of the cost and distortions inherent in any tax break.
Although this convoluted sequence of events will not lead to a formal review of Mr Thaksin's case, it is already casting embarrassing doubt on the merit of his acquittal.
More specifically, Alstom's turbines are central to the exports of France's nuclear industry.Arnaud Montebourg, the economy minister, has played an active role in squeezing out the best deal for Alstom, securing a number of concessions from GE, and will no doubt pronounce on the merits of this one.
Mr. Powell was no doubt raised on the merit gospel too, but encountered reality when he saw black Army officers with stellar records passed over for promotion for reasons of race.
The jury is still doubt on the soccer merits of the move, despite the undoubted social significance of Rogers' return.
Although prescribed by the Old Testament as "pleasing to God", Paul of Tarsus cast doubt on the moral merit of circumcision.
It is not hard to see why young people would have their doubts about the merits of car ownership.
