11.   As the ruling Taliban interpret the Koran, an adult male is obliged not only to grow a beard but also to leave the hairy underbrush unmolested by scissors.

12.   Bernard offered a few suggestions and sympathized with the younger man who grew a beard to look older.

13.   Blums also said Osborn did several things to change his appearance after the killings, including changing his hairstyle, growing a beard and bulking up with steroid use.

14.   A few have grown beards in protest.

15.   During that time, he has slimmed down, grown a beard and taken a six-week European vacation.

16.   Ezra Pound promised to buy undershirts with his birthday money, and William Faulkner confessed that he was growing a beard.

17.   For men, there is even more confusion because there is no Quranic verse requiring that they grow beards.

18.   Fittingly, both Goran Ivanisevic and Richard Krajicek are sporting new tattoos, and Ivanisevic has also grown a beard.

19.   Girls were educated and men were not required to grow long beards to show their piety.