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PRESIDENT BUSH: The president appears average on all features, seeming neither babyish nor mature on all counts. However, this could be less potent than the juxtaposition of babyish and mature features, instead conveying blandness.

CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN: Braun’s round face makes her baby faced, but this is offset somewhat by her relatively small eyes. The overall combination would create a fi rst impression of moderate to high warmth and honesty and moderate to low strength, shrewdness, and dominance.

JOHN KERRY: An almost totally mature face that conveys coldness, shrewdness and low honesty, Zebrowitz said. Any strength conveyed by his face is offset by his sad eyes.

RICHARD GEPHARDT: His small nose and blondness are babyish, without any maturity to balance it. Might cast doubt on shrewdness or toughness.

JOSEPH LIEBERMAN: He has an old baby face, coming across as warm, honest and naive, without seeming strong.

HOWARD DEAN: A good babymature combination: angular jaw and thick eybrows, but large baby eyes. Imparts warmth and moderate strength.

WESLEY CLARK: Another politically potent mix, with a mature jutting jaw offset by large eyes.

JOHN EDWARDS: The true baby face in the race, which says warmth and honesty but low shrewdness.

AL SHARPTON: His relatively round face and big eyes give him a baby faced appearance, which conveys an impression of warmth and honesty as well as naivete, weakness, and low dominance. However, his mustache may offset the baby facedness somewhat.

DENNIS KUCINICH: His face appears pretty average on the baby face/ mature face continuum in terms of structural features. This would create a fi rst impression of moderate to high strength, dominance, and shrewdness and moderate to low warmth and honesty.