21.   But on the poverty-shrouded streets of this city, the bearded middle-aged man is a mythic figure, a mix of Robin Hood and Al Capone.

22.   But when an American reporter arrived at the door, a bearded Iranian man, who spoke fluent Serbo-Croatian, said he and his colleagues were relief workers.

23.   Cameras have homed in on women in head scarfs and bearded men on their knees facing Mecca.

24.   Crouched at the side of my chair is a calm, bearded Hungarian man who stares at the video monitor intently.

25.   Down the hall, bearded men in white robes were broadcasting religious readings and sermons from the studios of the Holy Koran Radio Station.

26.   Dragan Drazetic and Slavica Miskuljic, both Croats, said that recently bearded men stopped their car, beat Drazetic and pulled Ms. Miskuljic out.

27.   Even the mascot, a bearded man carrying a rifle, was on the court.

28.   From this grubby stucco house, young bearded men say they have ventured into Kashmir to battle Indian rule of part of that majority-Muslim territory.

29.   GEO travelled through this country of bearded men, invisible women and cold peace.

30.   Heavily bearded men, in flowing Afghan dress or long robes, walk in groups down the street.