With the possible exception of Secret Service men, no employees in the nation are as well known for their square appearance as the men of IBM. Most of them wear pretty much what was in style two or three generations of computers agodark and unshaped suits, white button-down shirts and quiet, narrow ties. Lately, however, some staffers have begun to acknowledge the revolution in men's fashions by showing up for work in loafers, striped shirts and flared trousers. To Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM's chairman, the whole trend was clearly unacceptable. And so, in a recent memo reported...
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