1.   As Nadia, the young Miss Mikhalkov is priceless and natural, with blond braids and a sweet enthusiasm.

2.   A group of anti-abortion demonstrators in blond braids and long skirts, some of them carrying babies, held their rosaries aloft and chanted Hail Marys.

3.   Collins, wearing a black scrunchie to hold back her blond braids in a ponytail, energized an evening of very average theater.

4.   Howard and another guy in the cast, Drew Geraci, came up with the idea of being Siamese twins wearing dirndls and blond braids.

5.   She laughs and shakes her long blond braid when she says it, but she means it.

6.   A paratrooper with an assault rifle patrols the playground steps while Yiska, blond braids flying, rides on the swings.

7.   With their bright cheerful smiles, long blond braids and their backpacks full of books, the two blended in.