11.   Her daughters also wear Muslim head coverings, although her adoptive mother remains faithfully Roman Catholic.

12.   In an act at once practical and symbolic, the six women in the group pulled off their mandatory head coverings and used them to start a fire.

13.   In an act simultaneously practical and symbolic, the six women in the group pulled off their mandatory head coverings and used them to start a fire.

14.   Less than a third wear the required head covering.

15.   Many shun head coverings, and some younger women dress in a provocative Western style that would be seen as scandalous or even illegal in most neighboring countries.

16.   Nothing is so depressing as a frantic last-minute scramble for required head covering.

17.   Observant male Jews, particularly those who subscribe to the Orthodox tenets of the religion, wear the head covering most or all the time.

18.   One recent morning, Buchanan donned surgical scrubs, head covering and face mask and sat outside the sterile operating room.

19.   She, too, wore a chador, except for a frisky leopard-skin scarf peeping out beneath the severe black head covering.

20.   Since she started the instruction on the Quran, she has started wearing the black Islamic head covering that signifies a religious woman.