Before the renewal of the fifth season, Abrams stated some skepticism for a renewal opportunity, but hoped that if it was cancelled, that it may be picked up by another network.
Few would call them bellwethers, but there are signs this week that Russia is softening its long-stated skepticism and even hostility toward American military action in Iraq even as the rumble of war appears to be ever closer.
Andrew King-Ries, an assistant law professor at the University of Montana who has observed much of the trial, said Judge Molloy's often-stated skepticism, combined with the defense team's direct assault on the prosecution team's ethics, had created great uncertainty about the outcome.
Environmentalists express skepticism.
[Daily News] Governor Cuomo introduced a bill to expand legal gambling within the state, prompting skepticism from Indian tribes that already operate casinos.
Vivacious by nature, but brought, through a series of historical accidents, to a state of skepticism about anything and everything, the Italians, as Leopardi saw it, did nothing but "deride and torment each other".
These scenes are intentionally confusing, because they are based on the 1975 documents, and so the viewer remains in a constant state of skepticism about what's being shown.
Indeed, the Reynolds case itself is an object lesson in why courts need to apply a healthy degree of skepticism to state secrets claims.
