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...cropped up in Mesopotamia (pop. 2,000), Ohio, 40 miles east of Cleveland, where Amish Volunteer Fire Fighters Eli Miller and Noah Mullet go unshaven as a sign of personal simplicity. A new state law forbids fire fighters to wear beards in the line of duty. The reason: facial hair prevents a proper seal from forming between the skin and a breathing mask, which fire fighters are required to use near flames...
...exercise against the tongue-lolling tendency that Inman-Ebel says characterizes 70% of Southern speakers. She says many Southerners suffer not just from forward tongue carry but also from unwanted "nasal emissions" (or twang), "restricted mandibles" ("a big phrase for talking with your mouth closed") and "oral-facial muscular imbalance...
...judges can be much more subjective when it comes to artistic presentation. A skater's outfit, carriage, music and even facial expressions all are grist for evaluation. Thomas' low artistic marks in the short program may have been due to her choice of music. The high-energy selection, recorded by a group called Dead or Alive, was definitely not a lullaby of Broadway...
...athletic prowess is shown as a defect--as in the negative clips of Zayak--something about standards on women's ice skating should be questioned. In the Olympic gymnastic events athletes compete in teams, all wearing the same uniforms and little makeup. The women are judged not by their facial beauty or their "well-built" bodies, as Witt said she wished to be judged by, but by a true combination of graceful strength and athletic elegance...
ULTIMATELY it wasn't the plots, but Lucy that was the centerpiece of these shows. Lucille Ball's face has been seen by more people in the world, more often, than the face of anyone else in history, according to TV Guide's analysis. Her incredible range of comic facial expression is light years ahead of Cosby, and her innovative slapstick has influenced several subsequent generations of comedians. At last year's first annual American Comedy Awards, winners Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin both paid homage to Lucy in their acceptance speeches...