Dennis Kelleher, the president of Better Markets, a nonprofit organization that promotes the public's interest in capital markets, said he was dubious of the contention that the market for foreign-exchange contracts performed well during the turmoil of 2008.
It also predicted correctly that Turkey might not permit American troops to cross its territory en route to Iraq and dismissed as "highly dubious" a British contention, now discredited, that Iraq was trying to procure uranium from Niger.
But, dubious though that contention is, it cannot compete for improbability with what Morgan goes on to claim about the way in which Foot discharged that duty: 'This he did with patent sincerity and literary flair.' In fact, he did not do it at all.
"I'm highly dubious of the contention that anything will come of this from the very institution that is infected by this sort of systemic racism," he told VICE, noting the sergeant may receive some kind of superficial action, like a reassignment of duties.
American military officials were dubious of Mitsui's contention that the tanker had been attacked, saying that the photographs showed that damage more consistent with a collision of some kind, perhaps with a dock or another ship.
In the past, coaches had said that further restrictions on low blocks would make it difficult to have an effective running game, a contention Mara finds dubious.
They also claim the attorney general's contention that this is all for the benefit of protecting children is dubious at best, since performers older than 60 must now also provide proof of age.
Of the three headline contentions, only one is true, and the report's underlying claims are more dubious still.
But the contention that, if only he had fought for these measures success would have been likely, is dubious.
