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...primacy in the status hierarchy of the elite. A boom in the popularity of field-based sports such as tennis, cricket, lawn bowling and croquet abetted this rise. While lawn bowling and croquet proved faddish, quickly losing out to shuffleboard and flagpole-sitting amongst Oxbridge students, lawns were a bona fide trend--the wily grass endured...
...primacy in the status hierarchy of the elite. A boom in the popularity of field-based sports such as tennis, cricket, lawn bowling and croquet abetted this rise. While lawn bowling and croquet proved faddish, quickly losing out to shuffleboard and flagpole-sitting amongst Oxbridge students, lawns were a bona fide trend--the wily grass endured...
Also informing the question of what constitutes unacceptable discrimination is the issue of bona fide occupational qualifications. Current law permits discrimination in hiring practices so long as the basis for that discrimination can be tied to some essential job function. So, is being openly gay a legitimate impediment to successful military service? Most Harvard students would presume not, but both officers and scholars of military affairs have made an interesting case that it does. For instance, they argue that the sexual tension that would result from the presence of openly gay soldiers would constitute an unacceptable threat to unit cohesion...
...course. I won't reject any person who has a bona fide psychiatric disorder. I would not help him be a better mobster. My concern would be about his symptoms and the consequences of his symptoms for him and his family and the community...
...Hurricane still struggled to compete-especially after joining the basketball rich Big East conference-continually finishing under .500. They were still thirsting for a bona fide star to take a chance and join the team...