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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days when Texas A&M was a purely agricultural and mechanical school, University of Texas students liked to think of their counterparts in College Station as just a bunch of veterinarians and farmers. Add to that the fact that for years all Aggies were required to shave their heads, wear military uniforms and polish their boots several times a day, and it's no wonder the Aggies have taken endless ribbing for as long as any Texan can remember...

Author: By Kristin E. Meyer, | Title: Bonfire Tradition Not Worth the Cost | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...football game, huh?" the pundits and talking heads wondered for the next few days. The losses were described as "senseless," and "in vain." A&M's Corps of Cadets (the largest ROTC unit in the United States) was described by Sports Illustrated as "a campus clique whose members shave their heads and wear military-style uniforms." The mass media dishonorably framed Bonfire as something akin to a fraternity prank...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, A LITTLE PAST LITTLE ROCK | Title: "We Need CPR and First-aid . . ." | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...Shower shoes. Shampoo. Hairbrush or six-inch black comb. Am I going to have to ask them to shave my head? Elvis didn't, but then again he wasn't exactly volunteering either. I am assured by almost everyone that all the volunteering - the optional stuff - will cease with the first parting of my drill sergeant's lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's in the Army Now. Well, Almost... | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Mary Kay has a product line for men, including acne treatment products, cologne, after-shave and general skin care products...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Made Up in Mary Kay | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...Cast a wide net, scrabble up and down from period to period, a scale intimate like Proust's madeleine and yet grand and popular. How did people do this before? Should I Mach Three today, or go for a barbershop shave with strop and blade? Send someone a letter, or an e-mail? Do I touch-type it up, or take out the typewriter, and probably wrangle with the ribbon far less than I'd sweat blood over a smug squat printer? But, no, it isn't just efficiency, isn't it the pre-modern satisfaction of unfamiliar physical immediacy...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Things Past | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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