1.   An unscientific test last week involving four different Manhattan restaurants resulted in three confirmed reservations.

2.   And in a second unscientific test, directory assistance calls placed from Rochester and within Brighton, also succeeded without exception in finding those same numbers.

3.   Here are the results of our unscientific test.

4.   The effort to find men willing to change their well-established shaving routines and methods for the sake of our unscientific test was at first met with a few laughs.