The nation's blue-collar workers are often skeptical and scoffing, frequently deriding corporate CEOs and politicians alike.
Diplomatic cables report how American officials frequently assured skeptical governments that the training was aimed at reform, not promoting revolutions.
The strong claims made on behalf of human rights (for example, that they are universal, or that they exist independently of legal enactment as justified moral norms) frequently provoke skeptical doubts and countering philosophical defences (on these critiques see Waldron 1988 and the entry on rights).
Although, as I have indicated, Moore did not intend his 'proof' as a refutation of skepticism, he did frequently argue against skeptical views; and in his early writings, despite the passage quoted just now, he does sometimes give the impression that he thinks one can refute skepticism by simply bringing forward a straightforward case of knowledge, such as 'I know that this is a pencil'.
A frequently heard refrain from skeptical investors regarding companies 'cooking the books' is that 'they all do it.' Do you find this to be true?
Instead, 'Afflicted' frequently relies heavily on the skeptical voices of 'experts' who have no relevant professional or academic expertise in our diseases," they continued.
Perhaps the most reasonable and frequently cited argument for being skeptical about psi is that there is no explanatory theory or proposed mechanism for psi phenomena that is compatible with current physical and biological principles.
The national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, often said she was "skeptical" that Iraq would comply, and Mr. Bush himself frequently used the phrase "cheat and retreat" to characterize the Iraqi leader's strategy.
A man of appetites, fast-talking, quick-thinking, naturally skeptical of authority and frequently contrarian, he was a legend within the clan of globetrotting journalists, much admired and often quoted.
Police chiefs and sheriffs are leading the skeptical resistance to the bills, which frequently involve having local police checking the immigration status of people they stop.
