Word: fide
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...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...
...assistant to Tom Ford, the Gucci Group's design czar. In 2004, when Ford departed, Pilati took over at the house of Saint Laurent. Early on, fashion editors left his runway shows disappointed, but more recently they have warmed to his designs and declared him a bona fide talent...
...logical step for Chu would have been to sign up as a coach for Harvard. The departures of assistants Claudia Asano, who was hired as the head coach at Union, and Michelle McAteer left plenty of room on the Crimson staff, and with Chu's credentials as a bona fide leader and one of the best players in school history, Stone was more than ready to welcome the two-time Olympian and former co-captain aboard...