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...crowd of 50,000 Buddhist faithful had gathered for the sunrise service on the banks of the Saigon River. Packed shoulder to shoulder under a 120-ft.-high pylon put up with the help of army engineers, they were led in prayer by shaven-headed monks while a girls' choir sang hymns. Then down from a candle-laden altar was handed a glass case containing a small blackened object identified as the preserved heart of Thich Quang Duc, the first monk to burn himself alive during last year's Buddhist demonstrations...
...Arbitrary, capricious and violative of due process," ruled smooth-shaven Judge Joseph Karesh. "There is no end to what can be done if a superior is allowed to make this kind of decision. The next step is a thick mustache, then the thin mustache and then probably the crew cut. Where does it end?" Answering his own question, the judge wasted no time ordering the city of San Francisco to reinstate Probation Officer Forstner...
...Prince Chula Chakrabongse, 55, expatriate member of Thailand's royal family, who in revenge for The King and I wrote Lords of Life, an insider's report of Siamese royalty, leaving little doubt that Yul Brynner's resemblance to any King of Siam ended with his shaven head, and incidentally debunking the belief that King Chulalongkorn had 3,000 wives and 370 children (it was 92 wives and 77 children); of cancer; in Tredethy, Cornwall...
...Shaven Head. Ne Win's only visible support remains the 50,000-man Burmese army, but there is evidence that even this last bulwark is being undermined; popular Brigadier Aung Gyi, who disagrees with Ne Win's policies, is in exile in a Buddhist monastery where, his head shaven, he spends his time meditating...
...Mouse on the Moon is a very comforting movie, especially if you are worried about the World Situation. There they are: clean-shaven Americans, rumpled Russians and quaintly inefficient Englishmen, and the preposterous Duchy of Grand Fenwick which foils them all and finally saves the world...