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He really had that classic look down, didn't he.
| Quote : | "In one of the day's lighter moments, Judge Robert H. Bork explained why and how he came to grow a beard.
SENATOR HOWELL HEFLIN.: Well, now, there are those - this is not my idea - who say, ''Well, you can look at his attire, and the way he wears his hair is some indication.''
I don't agree with that. I've got several members in my staff that have beards and everything else. Would you like to give us an explanation relative to the beard?
BORK.: Yes, I would. It's a very unromantic - it's a very unromantic explanation. In 1968-69 academic year, I was on sabbatical leave in England with my family. I was writing a book.
It was an antitrust book, and you may ask why I chose to write it in England. The answer is, the alternative was to write it in New Haven.
And I - we went on a canal boat trip. You drive it yourself along the canal and the family was in there. And the - in the bathroom, the sink was right against the wall, so when you tried to shave, unless you shaved with your left hand, I couldn't do it. And for about a week I didn't shave.
And by that time, my children had become fascinated with what was then the beginnings of a red beard, and they asked me to let it go.
And so I did. I grew a - I liked it much better when it was red, Senator. And I let it grow, and it kind of intrigued me and intrigued my children.
I've had it ever since.
HEFLIN.: There's nothing wrong with it because there are a lot of bearded voters out there that I don't want to make mad." |
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/17/us/the-bork-hearings-explanation-for-the-beard.html 1/17/2025 9:18:16 PM
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