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Phantom farmers get some of their strongest support from their bona fide counterparts. Last month real farmers helped quash legislation aimed at closing loopholes in Florida's greenbelt law, in part because tighter rules could impede their ability to sell their land--to developers...
...Bartlett, was to offer the press secretary job to Tony Snow of Fox News radio and television, a former newspaper editorial writer and onetime host of Fox News Sunday who served George H.W. Bush as speechwriting director. Snow, a father of three and a sax player, is the bona fide outsider that Republican allies have long prescribed for Bushworld and would bring irreverence to a place that hasn't seen a lot of fun lately. "White Houses are weird places," he told a 2004 panel on White House speechwriting. Snow had his colon removed after he was found to have...
...famous when MTV decided to rotate heavily the video for their single “Ocean Avenue.” With their infectious pop hooks, pint-size bleached-blond frontman, and kooky rock violinist (isn’t that just so original?), the song and the band became bona fide emo gods to legions of equally pint-sized girls. The band’s new video, “Rough Landing, Holly,” is kind of like the “Ocean Avenue” video—but on crack. Director Marc Webb intended...
...sheer buzz alone, new media are showing some promising results. After ABC's hits Lost and Desperate Housewives were downloaded on iTunes, their Nielsen ratings went up 17% and 18%, respectively. And although hard figures aren't available, NBC executives credit iTunes with helping The Office become a bona fide hit. (Switching it from Tuesday to Thursday night might have helped...
...most egregious example of the hypocritical morality that pervades the movie. “Running Scared” is not content to be just a heavy dose of stomach-turning and improbable (apparently people can rent ice arenas for shoot-outs, who knew?) violence. No, to establish a bona fide hero, it flings young Oleg in harm’s way with abandon to allow Joey to prove what a good guy he is by repeatedly protecting him. The result is that the audience is periodically reminded how horrible all of this carnage really is, and then asked to enjoy...