1.   Of course, Wellesley College graduates are exceptional women, the skeptic will say.

2.   And skeptics say trying to tame dangerous bacteria is risky because they may be able to multiply.

3.   And some skeptics say affirmative action in admissions contributes to a Balkanized campus of racially divided dorms and friendships that make the benefits of diversity more theoretical than real.

4.   And skeptics say the pace of progress belies the rosy expectations.

5.   As Disney races to reverse that trend, skeptics say it has a compelling need to retain tough, independent-minded managers.

6.   At least a few CD technology skeptics say it could be full of holes.

7.   At most, skeptics say, Wang and Chiu are likely to bring slow reform, particularly in building up Taiwan as a regional hub.

8.   At the start, Steve Owens remembers, skeptics said life would be found on Mars before anybody would run a serious campaign against Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth.

9.   A skeptic would say he should have been finished.

10.   After all, skeptics say, it would only be fair.