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It is a welcome change from January, when Mr. Alesi was associated less with legislative history than with what he has since described as a "bone-headed" personal-injury lawsuit against the owners of a home in which he fell off a ladder while trespassing on their property.
Once Ridiculed, Senator Embraces Spotlight Erica Orden 2011
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It means -- despite all the shots NPR took on Saturday for its bone-headed decision to forbid its employees from attending the rally -- investing in a public media system committed to local newsgathering and freed from the meddling of Washington and Wall Street.
Craig Aaron: Jon Stewart vs. the Perpetual Panic Conflictinator Craig Aaron 2010
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Teens are notoriously good at pointing out the rediculous, stupid, and bone-headed things that adults do, and they aren't shy about saying their piece.
Lents Park, according to Paulson and Fireman Randy (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Rudin has apologized on his NPR blog for making such a "bone-headed" comment.
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I had read his piece earlier, and it was pretty clear to me that he was distorting the election, and Republicans, so as to paint them in the most foolish, bone-headed light possible.
Eugene Robinson gets the name of the site right. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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It means -- despite all the shots NPR took on Saturday for its bone-headed decision to forbid its employees from attending the rally -- investing in a public media system committed to local newsgathering and freed from the meddling of Washington and Wall Street.
Craig Aaron: Jon Stewart vs. the Perpetual Panic Conflictinator Craig Aaron 2010
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Considering that Martin Luther King Jr was murdered with a rifle, this is remarkably bone-headed.
Think Progress » Utah state senator wants to create holiday honoring ‘gun pioneer’ on MLK Day. 2010
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The decision by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association to file for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code may well turn out to be one of the most bone-headed business judgments ever made by a major American arts organization.
Ivan Katz: The Philadelphia Orchestra's Unfortunate Bankruptcy Filing Ivan Katz 2011
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Rest assured, I will go after Keith or Rachel just the same way if they ever pull such a bone-headed stunt.
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I keep hoping the GOP will come to their senses, but then some neo-con dinosaur pulls some bone-headed stunt like this.
Republican sorry for 'put her back in the kitchen' slap 2010
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