Word: prom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...designs are soft-top versions of the heavily boned "Maginot Line" prom gowns of the '40s and '50s. Recalls Pat Johnson of Washington's Garfinckel's: "It used to be with the old strapless things that you moved one way and the dress the other." Today's no-straps are made of soft, clingy fabrics such as matte jersey and chiffon. Strapless bras are rarely worn. Says Martha Ferris of Chicago's Bonwit Teller: "It's bareness without blatancy...
...quite sure that is an authentic De la Renta gown that Nancy Kissinger is pictured in? I swear it is the same dress my mother wore to her junior prom in Hoboken...
...also pretty good at defining people with one sharp cut. She works with Jeb Magruder on Nixon's re-election festivities committee, and she describes him as "the chairman of the Junior Prom who wants to run for student body president next year...
Candidate Ford can dangle prospects of a vice-presidential nomination to induce various Republicans to back him. Mused California Pollster Mervin Field: "Ford has a wide-open dance card because he's not coming to the prom with a girl of his own." Among the contenders are three members of the Administration's new "team": Rumsfeld, Bush and Elliot Richardson (see page 30), who was named to succeed Rogers Morton as Secretary of Commerce. Morton is expected to take over leadership of the President's campaign from Director Howard ("Bo") Callaway, who has been blamed by many Republicans...
Power is not an issue in most American high schools. The school board, the trustees, the administration and the teachers have power. The students do not have power. Student government in high school is generally concerned with pressing issues like when to have the homecoming dance or the senior prom. High school students are seldom involved in the actual administration of their school or their curriculum...