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On the White House Dress Code

The President's demanding proper dress-- A tie, a coat, a shine on shoes or boots. Some citizens may find this a relief: We've now returned to government by suits.

Calvin Trillin

March 15, 2001

The President’s demanding proper dress– A tie, a coat, a shine on shoes or boots. Some citizens may find this a relief: We’ve now returned to government by suits.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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