Nonetheless, Mr. Chambers was an early, if skeptical convert to asking for federal money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which started the first federal religion-based office in 1994 under former Secretary Henry G. Cisneros.
After her surgery, Murphy sensed that some of the college scouts who had shown interest in her earlier were skeptical that she would still be as explosive on the court.
That small miracle did not come easily; Mr. Gesner was, in fact, skeptical early on that the project would work.
In Europe, where privacy is considered a personal right and lawmakers have been debating what data people can reasonably expect companies to use, early reaction was skeptical.
"Maybe some of Dan Zanes's friends should have stayed out of the recording studio," said a skeptical early review in Sing Out! magazine.
The mother, Delia, is black, the daughter of a proud and gruffly outspoken Philadelphia physician, who early casts a skeptical eye on her aspirations to become the next Marian Anderson.
"The president's incredible support for Israel has resonated in a community that was skeptical early on in his administration about how he would approach these issues," Mr. Zeidman said.
Kirkby learned to be skeptical early on.
Dr. Lomborg, who's best known (and most reviled in some circles) for an earlier book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist," runs the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which gathers economists to set priorities in tackling global problems.
Hatch didn't weigh in specifically on that course of action but did seem skeptical earlier in his speech, saying that the Republican Party must "offer solutions, not shutdowns".
