Also pulling down the cumulative total was the female-skewing, ratings-light CW, which failed to gain traction with newcomers Melrose Place and the season's first casualty, The Beautiful Life (TBL barely broke the 1 million mark with its second and final episode.) "The prognosis for that network's survival at this point is probably doubtful, " opines Creutz.

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It is doubtful they could argue the same point today.

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With around four years to go at that point, it is doubtful that red warning signals were flashing over the 2014 hosts Brazil. (Some may argue that with the test event of a Confederations Cup in 2013 the organizers had less time).

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Whether a Latin American-style strongman would point the economy the right way is doubtful.

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Can you give Arsenal a nine-point lead, it's very doubtful, though when Alex gets them all back - Rio, Wayne Rooney and Louis Saha - they'll go on a run and they won't lose that many games.

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Indeed it is doubtful that the technology exists in the form people have been talking about, another point I will come back to.

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