Insiders may counter that Mr. Santorum et al. have ditched the more formal, cravat-bedecked look because people under the age of 25 do not trust men wearing ties.

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Known for wearing bow ties, suspenders and a clipped beard, Koop is survived by his wife, three children and eight grandchildren.

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Negotiation is not: men in suits and ties wearing Bluetooth headsets, sitting at a long table, yelling at each other.

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Other second bananas took to wearing jackets and ties, with perhaps a funny hat as a reminder of their old costume.

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He cut his hair, began wearing suits, bow ties, better shoes and coats.

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Wearing the signature red ties of its salespeople, Goklaney and two colleagues brave the monsoon rain to trek up six flights of stairs in a building on Malabar Hill, the city's upmarket residential area.

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