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...don’t know for sure, but I bet Princeton and Yale would shave,” sophomore John Cole said. “I don’t know what [Princeton’s] philosophy is. They have a good dual meet record, but if we’re both shaven, we’re probably going to beat them...
However, the U.S. military must take care not to overstep these bounds. For instance, the International Committee of the Red Cross plans to investigate the armed forces’ decision to shave prisoners’ heads and beards, ostensibly to prevent the spread of head lice. The unnecessary shaving of prisoners whose particular religious beliefs forbade it would imply a severe lack of respect for international norms...
...appeared more certain it also seemed all the more just. People who reject the death penalty, who teach their children not to use the word hate, who believe in balancing justice with mercy, who prize due process--people, in other words, unaccustomed to bloodlust--now watch the daisy cutters shave the White Mountains bald and see the smoke curl and await the news that the monster in the cave has claimed his last human sacrifice...
...Over in Kabul, post-Taliban freedom appeared to be something of a mixed blessing. There was music on the streets again, women could shed their burkas and even return to work, and men could finally shave off their beards. But control of the capital by the Tajik forces of the Northern Alliance was being questioned, both by traditional Pashtun rivals and an international community concerned to ensure a broad-based government in Afghanistan, and even by some of their Northern Alliance partners - some 1,000 Hazari troops from the Alliance marched on the capital Thursday, to ensure a share...
...Worth, Texas, on Sept. 12 with hair dye and thousands of dollars in cash in their possession. They had taken a train from St. Louis and were traveling on phony Indian passports. Last week the FBI told the New York Times that when the two were found, they had shaved off most of their body hair. An inspirational memo in some of the hijackers' belongings instructed them to "shave excess hair from the body"; the reasons are unknown...