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Despite these problems for the team, a number of individuals swam best times and, as usual, junior co-captain Deb Kory finished the season with six individual top times and four relay top times. These included two school records...

Author: By Cara E. Abdulrazak, | Title: W.Tankers Overcome Odds | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

Anonymous went to a designer friend and tried to select something that didn't scream "DEB." "It's kind of silly but I made sure I chose one with a very straight skirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...addition to dresses, all deb balls share one other component: male escorts, a decision which requires only slightly less thought than the dress. Anonymous chose two old boyfriends, "It made the night really interesting." Tomenson was accompanied by her two older cousins who, "were joking the whole way through, so it was really...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...needed to have two escorts, the anonymous sophomore received "the most inane answer I've ever heard in my life. This lady said you needed to have a man on either side of you in case you faint." Mystified, FM wondered if this was a precaution in case a deb's dress was too tight. "No, it's in case you're too nervous," FM learned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

These responses, as well as the women's stories indicate that being a deb does not mean what it once did. As anonymous says, "It's something that doesn't have its original connotations, but the emotional connection is still there." Clearly these women's debuts were not seminal events in their lives, just something fun that they once did, about which some of them had and have doubts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

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