1.   Bashar was never as popular as his brother, a champion horseman and military man whose dashing bearded figure is still seen on posters around Damascus.

2.   A rap on the glass, and a bearded figure appears.

3.   Desperate and despondent, he was sitting beneath the pirul tree when a bearded figure with a halo appeared to him, explaining his calling as a healer.

4.   Edwards, a bearded figure who wore a suit and gathered his long hair into a ponytail, also chose a lump-sum payment.