But Darwin himself was slow to come to his ideas, and slower still to disclose them to a skeptical public.

But in his remarks to the group's annual meeting last week, he acknowledged that the industry faces a skeptical public, despite years of image advertising.

It was marketed to a skeptical public as being easier on the stomach.

But thus far, there has not been much payoff for a skeptical public.

But the theory was never sold to a skeptical British public.

A positive portrayal can also help justify a partly secret budget to a skeptical public.

Engineers convinced a skeptical public to fund a dam in the highlands to the east of town.

He must persuade a deeply skeptical public that this time the agreement with Israel will yield tangible benefits.

As a new console manufacturer, Nintendo had to convince a skeptical public to embrace its system.

They now turn to a skeptical public and private schools worried about constraints attached to public money.