Even better for a public avid for novelty, Allen Ginsberg turned out to be a character, a bald-headed bearded lump in sandals, never short of a lively opinion and, if there was a photographer around, happy to play the buffoon.

ECONOMIST: Allen Ginsberg

The bald truth is, though, that only so much can be done to ameliorate the effects of occasional storms.

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For starters, a self-conscious, bald, middle-aged guy strutting around the court could be depressing for the fans, especially if it occurred while the Knicks were losing.

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Will it be "Angelina's Shrinking Waistline" or "Britney's Gone Bald"?

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He looked to be at least seventy, a reasonably ugly man with a fleshy face and a perfectly bald head.

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They also include Matthew McConaughey, who in the small role of a talent agent obsessed with providing TiVo to his client, all but walks off with the picture, and an uncredited, wholly unrecognizable Tom Cruise, playing a large, bald, obscenity-spewing studio head who in the privacy of his very large office shows himself to be lord of the funk.

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