into agreement with a composite nonBALQSO spectrum by applying an SMC-type reddening law with $E(B-V)\sim0.04$ and $E(B-V)\sim0.1$, respectively. Note that the (2001) criteria for BAL classification is less strict than is traditional and several of their BALQSOs have “balnicity” indices[^1] of zero or nearly zero and also that the FBQS sample is selected at relatively red wavelengths, which should make the sample more robust to loses from dust extinction.

In the past three years, a number of BALQSO studies utilizing the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS; 2000) have been published: the Early Data Release (EDR) BALQSO catalog ([Reichard]{} [et al.]{} 2003), the analysis of the balnicity distribution and BALQSO fraction in , [Krolik]{}, & [Tsvetanov]{} (2002), the identification of a significant population of unusual BALQSOs by (2002), and the study of BAL-like intrinsic absorption in a radio-detected sample of quasars by (2001). In addition, radio (e.g., [Becker]{} [et al.]{} 2000, 2001), X-ray (e.g., [Gallagher]{} [et al.]{} 2002) and rest-frame optical (e.g., [Boroson]{} 2002) observations of BALQSOs have provided important clues regarding the nature of the BAL phenomenon.

In this paper, we add to these previous results by investigating the continuum and emission-line properties of a catalog of 224 BALQSOs ([Reichard]{} 