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  • He wears a primitive loincloth, but if your eyes travel upward they will eventually come to the well-trimmed beard and black-rimmed reading glasses of an MIT professor, that is to say, to a thoroughly modern self.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • He was short, barely five and a half feet, and slightly built, with a haphazardly barbered mop of curly dark hair, a disheveled appearance, and black-rimmed glasses too large for his face.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • She is slight, with narrow-shoulders, heavy bracelets on her slim wrists, black-rimmed glasses cutting across alert, brown eyes.

    Vicky Pryce: 'I thought we were a unit' 2011

  • He wears a primitive loincloth, but if your eyes travel upward they will eventually come to the well-trimmed beard and black-rimmed reading glasses of an MIT professor, that is to say, to a thoroughly modern self.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • He wore black-rimmed glasses and had a computer bag at his feet, looking like any other L.A. civilian.

    Bill Blanning: LA Memories of Cape Cod Summers Bill Blanning 2011

  • Case in his lap, he gazed sidelong past black-rimmed glasses.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • As Pacquiao has ascended into one of the planet's most compelling athletes, so has the reputation of the 51-year-old Roach, Pac-man's soft-spoken engineer in the corner, counseling wisely behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.

    On the Periphery of Boxing Madness Jason Gay 2012

  • David Morbe had paint on his jeans, his shirt, his hands and the frames of his black-rimmed glasses.

    South Sudan celebrates a sweet day of separation 2011

  • He was short, barely five and a half feet, and slightly built, with a haphazardly barbered mop of curly dark hair, a disheveled appearance, and black-rimmed glasses too large for his face.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • He was short, barely five and a half feet, and slightly built, with a haphazardly barbered mop of curly dark hair, a disheveled appearance, and black-rimmed glasses too large for his face.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

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