1.   Converse glanced at the bearded man and the thrill of recognition rang loud and clear.

2.   The provodnik, my jailer, showed a young bearded man into my compartment.

3.   Two groupings, with barely distinguishable names, have covered Teheran with photographs of bearded men and a few fully veiled women.

4.   As I was walking up to his house two young bearded men in jeans and sweaters got out of a car and ran towards me.

5.   Among the dozen boys and men from the Alliance side lounging in the room was a burly bearded man in camouflage who rolled his eyes.

6.   And in the gaze was just a hint of mystery, or maybe it was hope, that this bearded man in red was the real thing.

7.   Andreas Wolfers traveled through this fascinating country of bearded men and invisible women, and emerged with this compelling account.

8.   As he passes a synagogue, a bearded man dressed in black hails him from a doorway and begs him to step inside.

9.   At one point, a bearded man got onto a chair and chanted the biblical Book of Esther, reading from a parchment scroll.

10.   Bearded men laid out prayer rugs on the dusty roadside and held their palms up, reciting the Koran.