But the fact that a female soccer player was deemed worthy of NFL-level outrage was something of a milestone, even if a dubious one.
Even if that dubious claim were substantiated, the economic activity comes at a high cost.
It is the archaic N.C.A.A. system that prevents someone like Clarett from earning a living, even if it is dubious that he would be able to make it in the pros at this point.
The theme line running through the Obama interview and speech is that somehow the United States is beholden to Israel -- that we have some indisputable obligation to indulge their fears and ambitions even if based on dubious judgments.
But the hostile-environment concept becomes even more dubious if it turns out that a growing number of men do share some of the same sensitivities, even when they work in blue-collar settings, which some courts have held to a lower standard.
"For the Arabs, the end often justifies the means, even if the means are dubious," she said.
Even if the details are dubious, you feel Agbaje is bravely dramatising the tensions within her own experience.
Those people will also probably be delighted that the president will act to push their views forward even if it stands on dubious legal ground.
The result, even if it induces a dubious sympathy for the fallen president, is a gripping study of the politics of the media.
That'll show them!" First, Mr. Bush talked about the budget -- "There's about $4.6 trillion of surplus projected," he declared, which is true, even if the projections are dubious.
EVEN if you believe the dubious proposition that an initial scare was needed to pass legislation, the time has come to patch up confidence.
