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Your story on flip-flops worn to the White House put me in mind of my “favorite” example of neo-philistinism (Page 1, July 15). It is that time of the year when everywhere one is treated to the sight of the summer uniform of the modern American man-child: this, of course, being shorts, tennis shoes and T-shirt, with the optional baseball cap. A truly appalling getup anywhere but a beach, park or back yard.
