A chubby, bearded youth came in with a sheaf of papers.

The bearded youth stood alone over his victim, seeming swept up in a euphoria of victory.

The bearded youth sat down.

"You'd have to have a programme note," said a bearded youth, "or some guy standing there to stop the song and explain it."

Morning light silhouetted the bearded youth for a moment.

Think about how deeply divided Americans still feel about Bill Clinton, who governed as a clean-shaven man, but whose wildly bearded youth seemed always just below the surface.

Elsewhere two bearded youths in boiled leather were sparring with staffs, leaping at each other over the flames, grunting each time one landed a blow.

"you will come with us," a bearded youth near the mullah said, his accent american.

Machine guns and other weapons are now carried mainly by officers and soldiers in uniform, but also by bearded youths wearing leather jackets, jeans and Reeboks.

The bearded youth from the dinner table was standing by a bookcase with a foliosize volume in his hands.