Why are dots missing from PDF output?

When I use the 'line' tool with dots, (in this case to draw a line-break,) AND export a .pdf, it often leaves out a single dot in the line. There are no objects intersecting the line, or even within a half-inch of its location. The missing dot is consistent across the document, nearly always the second or third dot in the line. And this happens with all forms of dots - normal, japanese, etc. The dot is present in the InDesign application, just not in the material it outputs.
Thanks a million for your help!
Screenshots below:

Hey Bob,
Looks like you're on to something with the program used to open it. While the PDF reader presents the problem, the web plugin does not. (It opens fine in both Chrome and Firefox.) And it renders just fine as imported into Illustrator.
So that really narrows the problem down to the renderer. I'll submit the bug report.
Thanks!!!

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