Reports said BP was seeking a strategic investor to secure its independence, though some major shareholders were skeptical.
In Washington, where the show had its out-of-town tryout, the reviews were largely positive, though some major critics were skeptical, citing a leaden, out-of-date book and, in one case, an unwieldy, grand-scale design.
But, as Peter Parker implies in his major — and healthily skeptical — biography, "Isherwood: A Life Revealed Random Housese; $39.95), none of this would have mattered much to Isherwood except as a reflective surface on which his own fairly fixed desires and anxieties could play.
Last month, British analysts became entranced with the word: "At his first major meeting with skeptical European leaders," wrote Anton La Guardia in The Daily Telegraph, "Mr. Bush struck an emollient note".
As a journalism major, I'm skeptical of a "real-time newsroom controlled by everyone".
ReDigi said its technology deleted the original file once a copy was put up for sale, but the major record labels were skeptical, and Capitol Records sued in early 2012.
Hume became a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy.
Emergency planner Bill Thomison feels skeptical about a major earthquake, stating, "I don't believe there are any major faults (interface of rocks) here.
But other major states, especially Germany, are skeptical about his intentions.
To rescue the deal, Ms. Fiorina and her company must win the backing of major investors who have been skeptical so far.
