Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days when Texas A&M was a purely agricultural and mechanical school, University of Texas students liked to think of their counterparts in College Station as just a bunch of veterinarians and farmers. Add to that the fact that for years all Aggies were required to shave their heads, wear military uniforms and polish their boots several times a day, and it's no wonder the Aggies have taken endless ribbing for as long as any Texan can remember...
...football game, huh?" the pundits and talking heads wondered for the next few days. The losses were described as "senseless," and "in vain." A&M's Corps of Cadets (the largest ROTC unit in the United States) was described by Sports Illustrated as "a campus clique whose members shave their heads and wear military-style uniforms." The mass media dishonorably framed Bonfire as something akin to a fraternity prank...
...Shower shoes. Shampoo. Hairbrush or six-inch black comb. Am I going to have to ask them to shave my head? Elvis didn't, but then again he wasn't exactly volunteering either. I am assured by almost everyone that all the volunteering - the optional stuff - will cease with the first parting of my drill sergeant's lips...
Mary Kay has a product line for men, including acne treatment products, cologne, after-shave and general skin care products...
...Cast a wide net, scrabble up and down from period to period, a scale intimate like Proust's madeleine and yet grand and popular. How did people do this before? Should I Mach Three today, or go for a barbershop shave with strop and blade? Send someone a letter, or an e-mail? Do I touch-type it up, or take out the typewriter, and probably wrangle with the ribbon far less than I'd sweat blood over a smug squat printer? But, no, it isn't just efficiency, isn't it the pre-modern satisfaction of unfamiliar physical immediacy...