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Having had to suffer through years of torment because my employers required men to wear neckties, I shout a great hurrah for Prince Claus of the Netherlands for yanking off his necktie (``Ties that bind: Prince freeing necks of Dutch uncles, dads,'' Daily News, Dec. We're like Dutch uncles," joked Spitzer, a retired executive with the Southern California Broadcasters Association. With the necktie a popular, if dreaded, Christmas gift for millions of Dutch uncles and fathers, all this contempt for cravats has the fashion industry rushing to do some damage control. |
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