Professor Chris Sinha Norwich Ian Jack's review of Boris Johnson's encomium on Winston Churchill (13 December) refers sceptically to the Goveian view which reduces history to the achievements of individuals.
To do so, and to prune NHS bureaucracy, Mr Milburn said the number of local health authorities would gradually be reduced by two-thirds; more decisions will be taken by GPs themselves, through the primary-care trusts into which they have been grouped.However, Mr Milburn's proposals are an over-hyped re-announcement of existing policy, and should be treated sceptically.
Numbers like that are the mark of a resilient and prosperous industry.A sense of why the stockmarket views the Street so sceptically can be gleaned from the second-quarter earnings figures now coming out of investment banks.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr Ching suggested, will likely regard Mr Carney's decision sceptically when the state appeals.But Gil Garcetti, a former Los Angeles County district attorney, has said the Jones ruling is "historic" and shows that "the death penalty is broken beyond repair".
History has taught Czechs to think sceptically, says Mr Vondra.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr Ching suggested, will probably regard Judge Carney's decision sceptically when the state appeals.But Gil Garcetti, a former Los Angeles County district attorney, has said the Jones ruling is "truly historic" and demonstrates that "the death penalty is broken beyond repair".
It was a tough gig, involving lots of middle-aged men in overalls, brawny arms folded sceptically as they listened.
Top managers may now have to resign.Despite this salutary reminder that the banks' balance sheets ought still to be looked at sceptically, the economy's recent good run means that their bad-debt problems look much more manageable than they did even six months ago.
We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions.
He looked sceptically on the view, common at the time, that crime was simply deviant behaviour a form of mental illness.
For the rest of the trip, I was out of commission".Any chance of heading for calmer waters?" I asked Captain Cat. She eyed me sceptically: "It doesn't get any calmer than this".
