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Years that Andrew Puzder, president and CEO of CKE Restaurants, spent on the board of governors at California’s Thomas Aquinas College. But he resigned last week under pressure from the school, which was not pleased that Hugh Hefner is appearing in ads for Carl’s Jr., owned by CKE. “Thomas Aquinas College stands for principles that are in direct conflict with those of Hefner and Playboy,” the college’s president, Thomas Dillon, explained in a statement.

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