The failed tests have led to increased suspicion of institutionalized doping in China, and to broad skepticism about the credibility of China's emerging sports empire.

This connects to a broader skepticism about the great institutionalized truths of Western civilization, which appear in Mr. Casebere's pictures as abandoned and moldering ruins.

He called for changes that would permit freer reporting and wider discussion of the issue, preventing broad public skepticism and suspicion about the scale of a threat.

Given the broad skepticism about the government's estimates, investors are likely to regard the next set of numbers with some doubt.

The state officials said they expected to find opportunities for real savings in local government spending, but they face broad skepticism.

But there was broad skepticism that talks on so contentious an issue could succeed without a whole new round of comprehensive trade negotiations being convened.

But President Clinton's rallying cry Monday night to send American troops to Bosnia was met with broad skepticism.

For some riders, the resistance to a conductorless train is part of a broader skepticism about the infallibility of technology.

That explains why Polygram's announcement in September 1991 that it was entering the film business prompted broad skepticism on Wall Street.

TwitterPeek, on the other hand, met broad skepticism in the press.