This document contains excerpts from various other sources on a variety of topics. It discusses a salesman making an offer, requirements for declaring war, lack of evidence in a criminal case, giving thanks to God after Mass, rising oil prices acting as an informal trade barrier, converting a de facto Palestine to a de jure Palestine, Fox News rising from obscurity, proper use of et al. in citations, and the Pope speaking infallibly when making pronouncements ex cathedra on issues of faith or morals.

1. In good faith.
An agreement.
“This is a genuine, bona fide
offer! You better take it while
you can!” shouted the sales
man.

2. Just cause of war.
•Britain must have causa
belli in order to wage
aggression against a
foreign state.

3. Facts of the crime.
The fact that the
State was unable
to produce a
corpus delicti
was a very strong
point in favor of
the defendants.

4. Thanks to God. At the end
of Mass, the
Pope made the
sign of the cross
and said,
“Deo gratias.”

5. Agreed upon informally, unofficial
Professor Chinn points
out that rising oil prices
act as a de facto barrier
to trade, because
shipping gets more
expensive.
Mr. Chinn is a professor of public affairs and
economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He actively writes in blogs and economic journals.

6. According to the law, by right.
Discernible movement
toward converting a de
facto Palestine into a
de jure Palestine is
what's required.
A Palestinian's dream
and an Israeli's
nightmare.
Palestinians – Muslim Israelis - Jewish

7. Out of the depths.
FOX News
has risen de
profundis to
the top of
the ratings
ladder.

8. And others elsewhere.
The rightful place of et al., it is in footnotes
and citations. In a works cited, rather than
listing five authors of a paper, we can list the
first author's name and then use et al. for the
remaining four authors. Et al. always refers
to people--not things.
•"I know how the song goes. In fact, not
only do Donner, Blitzen, et al., not love
him and laugh out loud with glee, but
they doubly despise the bulbous-nosed
little wimp." (Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane in
Cheers, 1986)
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9. Therefore.

10. Pronouncement from the Pope.
"Ex cathedra" is a Latin phrase,
meaning not "from the cathedral”,
but "from the chair”.
Pope speaking ex cathedra on
issues of faith or morals is
infallible.
In general use, the phrase has come to be used with
regard to statements made by people in positions of
authority, and it is often used ironically to describe
someone speaking with overbearing or unwarranted
self-certainty.