Article: FLIP-FLOPS FLUNK OUT\ KIDS LOVE 'EM, SCHOOLS DON'T.(News)

Byline: Roy Wood Post staff reporter

Maybe it was a slow climb to esteem.

Or maybe it was the unexpected appearance of 40 toes at the White House July 19.

Whatever the reason, flip-flops are enjoying their moment in the sun.

A picture of President Bush with the Northwestern University women's lacrosse team, including four women in flip-flops, was carried by news publications and Web sites nationally last month, with some people saying the protruding piggies were a scandal and others arguing the casual footwear simply has come of age.

Liberty University, an evangelical Christian college in Lynchburg, Va., known for its strict ...

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