But there seems to be more to the sustained interest than that cynical assessment would suggest.

If you want a more cynical assessment, try this one: that Paul Bowles week had more to do with the careers of those who put it on than with Mr. Bowles himself.

That cynical assessment stopped talk in its tracks.

A more cynical assessment would be that the Interception of Communications Act 1985 is a crude example of political management.

Page A1 News analysis: Israel's agenda for the Madrid conference, according to the most cynical assessment, is to avoid the blame if the talks fall apart.

That cynical assessment may sound like a line from "E.R." or "Chicago Hope," but it's spoken in a funny and appealing new NBC sitcom called "Scrubs."

Amin had accepted this somewhat cynical European assessment of veiling at face value.

The most cynical assessment is that Israel's primary goal at the Madrid peace talks this week is to avoid having to absorb the blame should the conference fall apart.

The most cynical assessment came from a group of five university students, who refused to give their names.

Malkovic pondered his subordinate's bitter, cynical assessment in silence.