11.   At the Muzak Corp., where music is the bottom line, one executive expressed skepticism that music choice really affected perceived waiting time.

12.   At the symposium, Dr. John Baines, an Oxford University Egyptologist who had just visited Dreyer, expressed skepticism in polite terms.

13.   At the time his challenger, Rudolph W. Giuliani expressed skepticism that the city would be able to find the funds in its coffers to comply.

14.   At the same time, fiscal conservatives in Congress, including some Republicans, have expressed strong skepticism about the size of the Pentagon request.

15.   Beforehand, the U.S. expressed skepticism about the plan.

16.   A federal judge hearing the case expressed deep skepticism about that suit in a recent hearing.

17.   A few experts expressed initial skepticism.

18.   A judge expressed skepticism Friday over some of the reasons given by schools Chancellor Rudy Crew for suspending a Bronx school board.

19.   A fourth, Terri Thomson of Queens, has expressed skepticism and told friends that she would almost certainly not support such a program.

20.   A representative of an software-industry trade group expressed skepticism.