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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Inaugural Address, by his drill sergeant of a high school wrestling coach, by the Marine recruiter looking for a few good men. Men! Ron wants to be one of them, in the nifty new theater called Viet Nam. He hardly has time for a dance at the senior prom -- just a promise of sexual pleasures with sweet Donna (Kyra Sedgwick), deferred till after he has done his duty. After he finds his manhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...mention everything that ever happened in the 1980s. Except my high school senior prom...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Who Writes History? | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

Besides, if she doesn't stay on my good side, I might have to tell everyone about the hideous date she took to the senior prom. Facts are such stubborn and useful things--especially for big brothers...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: The Pros and Cons of Harvard Siblings | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...high school sweethearts would take exception. "Statutory rape" is a label applied to any sexual intercourse--consensual or not--with a woman under 18. Any man who had a sexually active relationship at this age is a statutory rapist. (Yes, that includes even magical moonlit nights after the junior prom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: When 'Rape' Isn't Rape | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

First there are the blond-haired good looks: striking but somehow wholesome, more high school prom queen than Hollywood glamour puss. Then there's the rich, honeyed voice: husky and authoritative, but free of the severe tone affected by some females in TV news. As a reader of the news, she is masterly: businesslike but warm, her eyes now wide with the drama of the day, now crinkling ever so slightly with concern. Diane Sawyer doesn't just deliver the news, she performs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Star Power: Diane Sawyer | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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