Experience suggested reasons for skepticism.
While all had working papers, experience suggested that most of the papers were falsified.
Experience suggested they would get an earful of abuse, at best.
Argentina's experience suggested that giving up national control of a currency is a treacherous business, economically and politically.
Still, his experience suggested that the increase would have the desired effect of antitobacco groups, to discourage smoking.
"Everybody believes that, physically, wrestling is fake; that nobody gets harmed," said Mr. Sarven, who said his experience suggested otherwise.
But Hilary O. Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the N.A.A.C.P., said experience suggested that the identification requirements would be applied in a discriminatory manner.
One EU diplomat, citing past experience, suggested the scheme was likely to be voluntary, with a number of European governments refusing to take any refugees.
Still, the experience suggested that the blog world's seat-of-the-pants style may not be suitable for a major political force.
Greenway said his business experience suggested that moving into a fee-paying system would simply mean that resources were shifted from educating and towards marketing.
The CIH annual report, published last September, reassured shareholders that past experience suggested that customer deposits would remain "a long-term and stable source of funding".
