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...advanced beard studies - the consideration of differentiated beard styles. Bork's neat, even prissy clip bespeaks something of a law-and-order personality deriving from the Ice People, even as it gestures a little confusingly in an Amish direction - not the full rectitudinous C. Everett Koop model, but a thinner version thereof...
...people used to be looked down upon so now they see white people as better," says Peter Ngumo, 23, a Nairobi clothing salesman. "They believe being light is the only way they can be appreciated." West African mothers still pinch their babies' noses in the hope they will grow thinner and more European-looking. Modeling pageants still shun African shapes and stipulate slim hips. Add the influence of advertising and television and, "as much as a lot of people don't like to admit it, the belief that light skin is more desirable is deep-rooted," says Sameer Ambegaonkar, managing...
...Forward we go, we lovers of early rock, into the past. And most of the young Philadelphians are still around: perhaps thinner of hair, thicker of girth, but pushing the same goods. Last I checked, Hy Lit, Bill Wright and Jerry Blavat were on the radio in my home town, moving the mandible, playing the oldies, reminding us and themselves of a time when rock 'n roll was even younger than we were, and held even more promise and threat...
Fearing that restoration work would topple the tower, a giant belt was looped around the building and connected to large weights a block away. Thinner steel bands were wrapped around the first level for added support...
...Bagwell agrees, noting, “Aside from having a little more hair and perhaps being a bit thinner, Leo hasn’t changed a bit. He still takes off his clothes at the drop...