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NEWS ABOUT: beard

beard stories: 7 news summaries

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet 

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

Oct 23, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they... More »

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gambling • betting • feud • NBC News • sports betting • NLCS • baseball • ABC News • Robert Gibbs • beard • facial hair • Chuck Todd • Jake Tapper

Mustachioed Horse
Bridles at Shaving

Shave and a hair cut: neigh way

Apr 27, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - When his groom tries to shave Alfie's bushy blond mustache, the proud British horse says "neigh" and runs away, reports the Independent. "He's obviously rather proud of his facial hair," said the groom. "He runs a mile if he thinks we're going to trim it."... More »

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England • horse • moustache • mustache • Shire • beard • horsehair

Men Protest Economy With 'Recession Beards'

Trend could actually mark return of clean-shaven faces

Apr 3, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some newly unemployed men are willing to take it on the chin—literally. The “recession beard” has emerged as the new act of “playful rebellion” against being a “corporate slave,” Esquire’s grooming editor—who also works for Norelco—tells Advertising Age. Despite the trend, the... More »

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recession • unemployment • beard

 Royal Hair: 
 William 
 Shows Off 
 New Beard 

Prince tells female fan he'll be bare-cheeked again soon

Dec 26, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Serious stuff from England: Prince William has a beard. The 26-year-old stepped out in public with it for the first time yesterday to attend Christmas church services, the Scotsman reports. He grew it during a recent stint with the British navy in Barbados and keeps postponing a pledge to shave... More »

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Prince William • British royals • Royal Family • beard

Definitely Not
in Recession:
Facial Hair

Laid off from corporate America, guys give razors a pink slip

Dec 11, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Beards have become the slim silver lining for men laid off amid the recession. Everyone from out-of-work hedge-funders to the Foo Fighters seems to be hirsute, the Wall Street Journal reports. With proper trimming, facial hair can even be carried to job interviews, but most are indulging in the short-lived... More »

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Wall Street • Hollywood • layoffs • grooming • financial crisis • beard

US Troops in Afghanistan Battle Beard Ban

Clean-shaven troops complain lack of facial hair makes it harder to win Afghan respect

Nov 19, 08 3:34 AM CST
(Newser) - American troops in Afghanistan want to take a razor to the military's long-standing rule banning beards, US News & World Report writes. Beards are a sign of manhood in traditional areas of Afghanistan, and clean-shaven troops grumble that the rule—which the military maintains is essential for hygiene and... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • US troops • Special Forces • beard • facial hair

 The Best All-Time Beards 

These guys have the most notable chin hairs in history

Nov 15, 08 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - To celebrate the public premiere of Charles Darwin's beard (or at least hair from it his great, great grandson found in a small leather box) at the British Natural History Museum, the London Times lists the best all-time chin hairs:
  1. Karl Marx. The collapse of the Soviet Union may
... More »

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Charles Darwin • Charles Dickens • Karl Marx • Jesus Christ • beard • facial hair • Rasputin

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