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  • It's noteworthy, I think, that Morgan and Crystal in their book Poles Apart found that what they called The Sceptics were extremely unsceptical about anti-AGW publications.

    Larvatus Prodeo Brian 2010

  • 'Sceptics' were considered freaks - almost as bad as Holocaust deniers - beyond the pale of reasonable balanced discussion.

    small dead animals 2009

  • 'Sceptics' were considered freaks - almost as bad as Holocaust deniers - beyond the pale of reasonable balanced discussion.

    small dead animals 2009

  • 'Sceptics' were considered freaks - almost as bad as Holocaust deniers - beyond the pale of reasonable balanced discussion.

    small dead animals 2009

  • 'Sceptics' may seek to wrongly portray these e-mail messages as a smoking gun from a worldwide conspiracy to create a global warming hoax, but that is simply a ridiculous fantasy. "

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • Sceptics such as Mr Koch had argued that data had been skewed by temperature stations being engulfed by, or moved closer to, cities.

    Now is not the time to renege on green pledges | Observer editorial 2011

  • Sceptics inside and outside the party denied Mr Miliband the traditional honeymoon period, demanding that he immediately prove his credentials as an effective foil to the government.

    100 days in, Mr Miliband, you need a plan | Observer editorial 2011

  • Sceptics may dismiss the likes of the Strokes as punk pastiche, but anyone who heard them for the first time at a club in early 2001 will recall how startlingly fresh they sounded then.

    Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds – review 2011

  • Sceptics point out that the position was already well established at many banks by the time the financial crisis hit.

    Cinderella Moment Peter Davy 2010

  • Sceptics of the product, which is due to go on sale in chemist shops, have questioned the company's claims.

    German night milk may aid insomniacs Kate Connolly in Berlin 2010

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