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LIFE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLICATED enough for high school seniors. The prom is right around the corner, graduation is only a month away, and within the next week, seniors all over the country will have to choose the college of their choice...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: College Colloquialism | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

Looking for real-life drama in the daytime? Forget about General Hospital and Days of Our Lives; consider the "Case of the Prom Night Fallout." A 16-year- old girl and her mother sue a hair salon for $150, claiming that a permanent the girl received was so bad that she had to miss her high school prom. In the mood for weightier legal matters? A high school teacher brings a sex- discrimination suit against her school board, charging that she was fired because she got pregnant -- without a husband. Or how about a juicy family squabble? The grandparents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Tell It to the Judges | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...After my junior prom, I realized everything closed around 9:30 to 10," Landau says...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...Chronicle reported, "Around 2 p.m., little Amber Pennington, seven years old, fought her way through The Star-Spangled Banner before the start of the sixth game of the National League Championship Series. Before the game was over, Amber joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts and went to her senior prom. She was married, had two children and took up aerobics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sweet and Lingering Joy | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...Jonathan Demme. But everything finally came together under the sensitive directorial hand of, yes, Francis Coppola. The supporting cast is splendid. The film's occasional lapses never puncture the airy tone; they are easily forgiven, like Peggy Sue and her friends, whose only sin was to grow up. This prom-night balloon of a movie floats easily above the year's other exercises in '50s nostalgia. If you dare reach for it, it will land smartly in your heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Just a Dream, Just a Dream Peggy Sue Got Married | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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