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Word: prom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ducks, it is also true, has done an admirable job in making sure his increased security efforts in areas frequented by students will not be interpreted negatively on campuses. He himself made numerous visits to high schools and colleges during prom and graduation time last spring urging students to refrain from drinking and driving. Last week, he summoned student leaders and media from campuses across the state to explain how and why drunk driving roadblocks and police patrols would be increased around college campuses...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: A Broken Promise | 10/14/1983 | See Source »

...views of men voters and the increasingly sizable body of women voters-rang out as the theme of the convention, set to a Texas mariachi beat. The delegates, most of them Congresswomen, state officials and activists, found that women's status as this year's pre-election prom queen was a lot more fun than last year's post-ERA role as wallflower. It was, for one thing, the first time since the Caucus was founded twelve years ago that the guys had come to their party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting a Gender Message | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

...personality has been threatening to go splitsville ever since he was saddled with the alter ego of Clark Kent, ace reporter and consummate nerd of the Daily Planet. Clark is every clumsy, sweet-souled teen-age boy who ever fantasized scoring the big touchdown or scoring with the prom queen; Superman is the 6-ft. 4-in. embodiment of that dream. This man is both men, hulk and hunk, and no telephone booth is big enough to house the inherent contradictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Goodness at the Crossroads | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

Like a teenager hoping for a date to the senior prom, Harvard field hockey Coach Edie Mabrey will sit by the phone today, waiting for the invitation to the NCAA National Championships that she has worked four years...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Stickwomen Tied, Wait for NCAA Bid | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...same woman, who refuses to be identified has been using the Kiewitt system for 10 years. Her brother, who attended Dartmouth introduced her to the system She says she has met many people through Xcalibur and the most memorable encounter was with her eventual senior prom date, who logged on from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Students Spark Social Life With Computer | 10/30/1982 | See Source »

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