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They do not inherit, by virtue of their size, any greater right to substitute their judgment for actual bona-fide individual human beings than any other institution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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OrenWithAnE says: subpatre — there have been no new prosecutions of bona-fide MMJ dispensaries since Obama took the DOJ.
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The transmogrification of the AR-15 into a bona-fide sporting rifle and an industry unto itself.
Rifle Shooting's 10 Most Significant Developments of the Decade 2009
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They do not inherit, by virtue of their size, any greater right to substitute their judgment for actual bona-fide individual human beings than any other institution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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They do not inherit, by virtue of their size, any greater right to substitute their judgment for actual bona-fide individual human beings than any other institution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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It's a bona-fide biological reaction to incipient fatherhood, long hush-hushed because real men, supposedly, don't get morning sickness.
The Plight of the Pregnant Man Jena Pincott 2011
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That is, even in Fallujah, our troops are not entitled to shoot a bona-fide enemy combatant that is not holding a weapon and not trying to escape.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen 2010
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Branding experts say golf's newest superstar still has a ways to go before he can be considered a bona-fide marketing machine in the mould of Woods, who was the richest endorser in sports history until a sex scandal in 2009 saw clients including Accenture, AT&T and PepsiCo's Gatorade cut ties with the golfer.
McIlroy's In Woods Territory Richard Gillis 2011
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"That means you may not be who you say you are and therefore the opportunities for impersonation of either a specific individual or simply appearing to be a bona-fide account holder abound," says Lee.
Google may increase potential for libel by including Tweets in search results 2009
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OrenWithAnE: there have been no new prosecutions of bona-fide MMJ dispensaries since Obama took the DOJ.
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