1.   A deep skepticism about federal power was a theme that ran through the term.

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

3.   Bush must overcome deep skepticism over whether the honor he stands for is deserved, especially after a campaign of scurrilous attacks and his own unrestrained fund raising.

4.   But how soon Angola will join South Africa and other neighbors that have turned their attention from violent conflict to economic recovery is a subject of deep skepticism.

5.   But legislative officials expressed deep skepticism that agreement could be reached by then, since the budget debate is now intertwined with debates over several other major bills.

6.   But while surveys indicate that the American public likes the idea of higher standards, they also reveal deep skepticism about imposing them on the present educational system.

7.   City officials voiced deep skepticism last night about efforts to unionize welfare recipients who are required to work for their benefits, asserting that they are not city workers.

8.   I could feel deep skepticism seeping into my every pore as the futurefest proceeded.

9.   In recent years, this impulse has become a kind of tiny rescue asterisk in our otherwise deep skepticism about what we can accomplish as a nation.

10.   In theory, investors and other users of accounts know perfectly well that pro-forma numbers should be treated with deep skepticism.