Any book that's described on its dust jacket as "a novel of family, race and publishing in America" is bound to generate some skepticism.
The initiative has generated deep skepticism in some members of the Shiite-led Iraqi government, who fear that the strategy could intensify the already intense sectarian warfare here.
According to current and former government officials, prurient details in the dossier generated skepticism among some members of the intelligence community, who, as one put it, regarded it as a "nutty" product to present to a President.
It has also generated understandable skepticism from New Yorkers.
Changes in the law followed a sea change in public attitudes, according to legal scholars, as the insanity defense generated mounting skepticism.
The question of whether humans have contributed to climate change in recent years has generated increasing skepticism among the American public, especially as proposals to deal with the problem, such as reducing carbon emissions, have come with high price tags.
The program has generated considerable skepticism within the State Department — one of the officials interviewed predicted that the program could be scrapped later this year — because of the high cost of the support staff, the inability of police advisers to leave their bases because of the volatile security situation and a lack of support by the Iraqi government.
While GM's vision wins kudos from many aerospace executives, scientific leaders and financial analysts, the strategy also has generated widespread skepticism among the experts who have seen such strategies come apart before.
The scope of vitamin D research and its therapeutic possibilities, as presented by researchers across many different disciplines, generated enthusiasm tempered with some skepticism.
