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Cicely Tyson, one of Whitten’s best friends, shaved her head and emceed the opening fashion show, held beneath a tent in the back parking lot.

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Their heads were shaved and they were branded with the pharaoh’s name.

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Oxford Economics, for example, estimates the shutdown will shave about a percentage point off fourth-quarter GDP growth.

A prison guard threw the document away and Landor was handcuffed to a chair and had his head shaved, according to court records.

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He says the guards threw those papers in the trash, handcuffed him to a chair, and forcibly shaved his head.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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