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...Holly Maples (a B.U. student) also lends a hand to creating the atmosphere of America 50 years ago: for the wealthy ladies, dresses you'd expect to see on Greta Garbo; for the less affluent girls, simpler, plainer dresses suitable for Betty Crocker. The most charming detail is the plaid suitcases that were the rage in the 1940s, carried by characters costumed as traveling salespeople...
...course, there are detractors: groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, which protests that uniforms are unconstitutional; parents who bemoan the supposed high costs of uniforms; and children who protest that they will lose their "individuality" and "personality" if forced to wear plaid...
...went to a private high school where we wore uniforms: pleated black watch plaid skirts and green, white or navy polo shirts for the girls, khaki pants and polos for the boys. Nearly every other morning, I recalled my days in public junior high school, when I frantically searched for the right denim skirt or the perfect blouse, and counted my blessings that life was this easy and uncomplicated--at least on the outside...
...moment the man in plaid remains a paradox. On the one hand, he offers gimmicks. On the other, reality. There's no questioning Alexander's experience, savvy--and calculated caution. If he comes to trust voters enough to utter all that his sound bites hide, citizens may, to use Lamar's refrain, "know what...
LAMAR ALEXANDER A third-place finish makes the man in plaid cocky enough to tell Dole to leave the race...