The World - The Story Behind the Photo: People's Nonviolent Struggles

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• Read The Story Behind the Photo (4 pdf pages)- by michelle
• Listen to "The Story Behind the Photo" - by michelle, at the Talking People Podcast - Stories

Newspaper clipping (explained in the podcast episode): Bald Spaniard Rejected by Army. Madrid, Spain. The Spanish Army is looking for a few good, hairy men, according to a young -- and bald -- crusader rejected four times for military service. The army says it rejected Franciso Galindo because of a medical skin condition. Galindo says the army is splitting hairs -- he was rejected because he's bald. Noticia original del caso real publicada en el El País, días 4 y 5 de agosto, 1995