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...biracial federal jury acquitted Christopher Lynn Johnson, the son of a black activist, of charges that he burned down Alabama's Randolph County High School last year. The school was gutted following the furor that erupted when the school's white principal, Hulond Humphries, unsuccessfully tried to cancel a prom because of interracial dating. The defense suggested that Humphries may have been the real arsonist--an accusation the principal strongly and tearfully denied on the stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: OCTOBER 15-21 | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...this cautionary tale of blond ambition, Kidman concocts a savory cocktail of strychnine and syrup. Imagine a bourgeois sex kitten mistaken for a prom queen. Her eyes are fixed in a cutesy-predatory gaze that evokes and parodies the early Ann-Margret and her cinema avatars Melanie Griffith and Drew Barrymore. Her voice has the blithe assurance of someone who has never been told no. On her teeth is a little lipstick residue, like unlicked blood. She's got It, and she knows how to peddle it. In this small-town, pastel-pretty version of Network, Suzanne strides toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN ACTRESS TO DIE FOR | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

That title always had grandeur to it. "Miss America." Ah, the simple, arrogant brilliance! It suggests a prom queen who wants to become the Statue of Liberty. Now she's 75, and darned if she isn't as fresh as a Hard Copy headline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISS AMERICA: DREAM GIRLS | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...that "formal wear" necessarily means "prom dress." Harvard women suffer from a fear of looking too "high school" when selecting a dress for a formal. Consequently, all Harvard women must eventually acquire the Little Black Dress for that sophisticated "college" look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain Gear a Must, but Lose the SAT Scores | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

Federal authorities arrested Christopher Johnson on arson charges, accusing him of having set fire last August to Alabama's Randolph County High School, the school beset with racial discord after its principal, Hulond Humphries, threatened to cancel a prom over interracial dating. Emmett Johnson, the suspect's father and founder of a local protest group called the Black Panther Militia, asserted that the arrest was a frame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: MAY 28-JUNE 3 | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

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