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January 30, 2006

Trying To Lift Standards
An Australian state plans to ban students from wearing denim. According to state officials, the ban will be brought in because the fabric is linked with having a good time. "It is associated with weekend wear, with recreational time," a spokesman for Western Australia state Education Minister Ljiljanna Ravlich said. "It's just unacceptable at schools and we are trying to lift the standards." The ban on jeans in Western Australia's secondary schools will be imposed from 2007. The word "jeans" is thought to have come from a type of material, called "jean" that was round in the 1600's. The material was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they wore clothes made from it. The word 'denim' probably came from the name of a French material from the town of Nimes. # posted by masquerader @ 15:42 ::

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