Word: proms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enduring appeal; after all, if the government ever really said "jig's up" and produced a preserved alien for our delectation, we would be stunned for a day or two, perturbed for a week longer, and then we would move on to the girl who gave birth at the prom. As the makers of monster movies know, the unseen is always more compelling than the seen. The particular appeal of Roswell's elusiveness, and allusiveness, is captured in the canny words that appear at the end of The X-Files' credit sequence: "The truth is out there." The point...
...right thing, and it assumes biases that do not necessarily exist. In the recent election, she says, three openings for senior-class representative were open to students of all races, and two of the winners were black. In another color-free contest, a black was voted prom queen. So maybe more students would look past color lines, Alison says, if adults stopped pointing them out. The Desoto County school board announced last week that it will not do anything until the federal investigation is complete, and that could take months. All Alison can do is wait, in a town that...
Josef Korbel ran a strict household. Routines were sacred, which meant the children were expected to be at dinner--on time. An invitation to the prom in ninth grade sparked a family fight between Albright and her father. At issue was the question of whether she could ride in her date's car. Her father decided she would ride with her date and he would follow...
...prom night! The scent of the corsage, the hum of the limo, the assistant principal manning the Breathalyzer at the gym door. Some things about proms have changed, but the search for the perfect prom dress continues. The big news, according to fashion designer Jessica McClintock, is that glamour and pastels are back. Herewith a tour of prom dresses through the decades...
...what was he nervous about at that prom? It was the formality, he tells himself, the big deal that everyone made about it, the picture sessions, the which-couples-were-showing-up-in-what-color-limo, the need to get dressed up and, more importantly, to bring a pretty date. Again, he brushes aside these memories and perceptions. He's in college now and nobody cares about who's wearing what...