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...This case is one of a number of ongoing inquiries into allegedly illegal party financing during his tenure as mayor. The purported scams involved kickback schemes, bogus job arrangements, and even a spectacular 2000 video confession by a conservative fund-raiser who, before he died, recounted the illegal means by which cash was generated, and recalled delivering a suitcase full of slush money in Chirac's presence. Chirac has denied all such allegations as "lies, calumny, and manipulation," and dismissed the posthumous video confession as "abracadabrantesque...
...great thing, because having someone breathing down your back telling you exactly how to take a photograph would not be very conducive to creativity.” “I think the idea that there is no security for VES concentrators after college is totally bogus,” he continues. “I know plenty of VES graduates who are doing amazing things with their lives and ‘security’ is not an issue for them. I, myself, feel very secure and confident with what I can do in life...
...This is a bogus issue,” she said. “There is an agenda here and free speech...
...include headlines such as “Anderson Cooper And Jeff Corwin Insanely Homoerotic In HD—But Not In New York”—often incite celebrity outrage. In March 2006, George Clooney called for people to “flood their Web site with bogus sightings” to sabotage Gawker Stalker, the blog’s controversial feature that pinpoints celebrity sightings on an online map of Manhattan. Gawker’s response? “We did a George Clooney contest for the best picture of him,” Coen said. Yesterday...
...surprisingly appealing vocal layering. Still, “Panic” is held back—as are all the tracks—by an overproduced, synthesized sound. This highly manufactured style may have worked in the mid-nineties at the height of their popularity, but it just feels bogus and dated in 2007. “One in a Million” epitomizes the corny sound that dominates “Unbreakable.” AJ’s drawled delivery of the lyrics, the strumming synthesized guitar, and crooning accompaniment of the remaining Boys results in a sickly...