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Skimpy dress: School backs down

 Theresa Collington     10 days ago
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian university that expelled a woman after she wore a short, pink dress to class backed down Monday and reinstated her after a flood of negative reactions throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common.

Just hours after the Brazilian government sought an explanation from the private Bandeirante University, its dean released a note saying he was reversing the school's decision to expel 20-year-old Geisy Arruda.

The Education Ministry had given the university 10 days to clarify its reasoning for kicking out Arruda, who had to put on a professor's white coat and was escorted away by police amid a hail of insults and curses.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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