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...gravity-defying bouffant?that he is trying to eradicate it at its roots. The Dear Leader recently decreed that extravagant male locks, defined in the state media as exceeding 5 cm in length, are a bourgeois affectation that could undermine socialism. In a televised campaign called "Let's Trim Our Hair According to the Socialist Lifestyle," citizens are told that long hair breeds body odor and deprives the brain of oxygen. The official recommended style is now a 1.5-cm brush cut called the "virile spirit...
Matt Maupin, born while Ronald Reagan was president, is partial to Superman, Star Wars and teriyaki beef jerky. He grew up in a trim ranch house with a basketball hoop next to the driveway and his prized red 1998 Mustang in the garage. "You can pick out most of the guys who go into the military because they walk with a certain attitude," says Nick Ayers, who played with Maupin on their high school football team, the Trojans. "But Matt was really laid-back." That quietness was infused with a drive that pushed him onto the team, as a second...
Carolyn and Keith have met with Bush four times, all during the President's frequent campaign trips to the crucial electoral state of Ohio last year. The Army casualty-assistance officer assigned to the Maupin family took Keith to the barbershop to trim his long beard--and to Sears to buy a suit--for his first meeting with the Commander in Chief; Keith has vowed not to tame his beard until his son is found. "He really didn't know much either," Keith says of the President. "But he said, 'They're looking for him, they...
...game that was marked by alternating runs, Yale blitzed Harvard by scoring the first 12 points of the contest, and went ahead by as much as 19-6. Six straight points from junior forward Matt Stehle calmed the team down, however, and Harvard was able to trim the lead to 32-27 at halftime...
Brown forward P.J. Flaherty scored to trim the lead to five, but senior guard Kevin Rogus drained a three-pointer, and captain Jason Norman capped the run with a spectacular spinning drive and finger-roll, making the score 41-31 with 15:46 to play...