Bush Trims Price of Clinton Haircut

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Friday Nov. 30, 2001; 4:26 p.m. EST

Don't look for any more high-priced presidential haircuts by the likes of Hollywood fave Christophe now that Bill Clinton is gone.

At $30 a cut, President Bush's locks are a whole less costly to maintain than the ex-president's were, as revealed in that infamous incident in May 1993 when Clinton tied-up Los Angeles International Airport while having his curls shorn aboard Air Force One.

Christophe charged $200 for the Clinton cut, more than six times what Bush now pays; a tab picked up, of course, by the taxpayer.

The Washington Post's Lloyd Grove reports that Bush takes his cuts from Afghanistani stylist Zahira Zahir, who operates her salon out of the Watergate Hotel. Ms. Zahir was at the White House last Tuesday for a presidential trim, the same day First Lady Laura Bush hosted a group of her countrywomen to discuss Afghanistan's future.

Despite her reasonable rates, Zahir's pedigree is even more golden than Christophe's. Her father, Abdul Zahir, served as prime minister of Afghanistan three decades ago.