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This week's setback could, by the same token, make Chavez a smarter and more effective mediator in the long run. Many still believe that his leftist bona fides make him the right man to persuade the guerrillas to release hostages and the government to free hundreds of jailed rebels. All that could in turn help end a war that has killed almost 40,000 people, displaced millions more and drawn the U.S., albeit indirectly, into the conflict with some $1 billion a year in anti-drug...
...Hooters: “We just can’t hire you because of our BFOQ standards.” FM: “What?” Hooters: “The BFOQ standards.” Sorry gents! Apparently BFOQ, bona fide occupational qualifications, is the terminology Hooters uses to say that you need a pair of breasts to be a waiter. So there you have it, Justice students: BFOQ standards...
Laffer is a bona fide economist with a doctorate from Stanford. He's also largely responsible for the Republican belief that tax cuts pay for themselves. Now 67, Laffer runs economic-consulting and money-management firms in Nashville. About the best I could get out of him on the question of whether the Bush tax cuts have paid for themselves was "I don't know." But that's only part of the story...
Other Bostonians included among the 25 range from boutique owners and designers to athletes and CEOs, all chosen for “that certain something—a spark that transforms mere good taste into bona fide style,” according to the Globe...
...never defended himself. Now, obviously, he's going to change that." Jindal has responded with ads of his own, attacking his opponents as part of the "corrupt crowd" - even though none of the other major candidates has been tainted by scandal - and touting his conservative bona fides. He's released a slew of position papers on topics ranging from health care to crime, and promised to reform Louisiana's ethically challenged political system - a perennial campaign theme that has had limited success among past reform candidates...