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Article: A Hair's-Breadth From the Presidency
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 9, 2004
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Hair has become a central issue in the race for the presidency.
This may be the first time that attention is directed at the
candidates' locks and not that of their wives. (Undoubtedly, there
are feminists standing by -- BlackBerries poised for mass e-mailing -
- to advise whether this is good or bad for womynkind. Risking their
wrath, one notes that both Elizabeth Edwards and Teresa Heinz Kerry
have lovely hair and neither seems at risk of developing an immovable
helmet of curls.)
Over the past few days, Sen. John Kerry -- with his running mate,
Sen. John Edwards, smiling at his side -- has been pointing out the
copious amount of hair on the Democratic ticket:
"We've got better vision, ...