Clinton’s Getting Thinner, but It’s Not a Weighty Issue
President Clinton arrived in Washington four years ago with a full head of wavy, graying hair. It has grown silvery in time--more presidential, if anything. But what is this?
The main man’s mane is on the wane.
In the right light, and at certain camera angles, the pink flesh of Clinton’s head shines through his feathered hairdo. Thick thatches of hair in front and on the sides give way to thinner trails atop and back.
So the baby boomer president, who succumbed to reading glasses several years ago, now faces another hairy hurdle of middle age: He’s thinning out on top.
But nobody is making fun of the presidential pate. Certainly not Vice President Al Gore, whose bald spot is growing as fast as the national debt.
Though Gore studiously avoids getting his hairless crown photographed, aides insist that the vice president is not bothered.
“It’s all part of reinventing government,” quipped spokeswoman Lorraine Voles. “He wants 20% less hair.”
Hmmm. Perhaps Clinton will soon declare: “The era of big hair is over.”
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