Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1996, World Beat 9

Description:	America is disappointed in its high hopes for Colin Powells 1996presidential candidacy. At the close of his whirlwind book tour forMy American Journey, the General and his wife Alma announce inNovember that he will not seek the Republican nomination.Stand-up comic and sitcomstar Ellen DeGeneres makesthe best-seller list with her bookMy Point..And I Do Have One.A 10-year-old St. Louis schoolboy,Larry Champagne III, becomes ahero by taking control of his schoolbus after the driver suffered a stroke.Champagne is later awarded a $10,000scholarship by the bus company.Sandra Johnson, RetnaChristopher Reeve, in awheelchair and hooked up toa portable respirator, appearswith his wife, Dana, at theAmerican Paralysis Associationsannual gala on November 9,less than five months after a fallfrom a horse left him almosttotally paralyzed.Actress Demi Moore becomesthe highest paid woman inHollywood, able to commandS12.5 million per movie, evenafter this years flop at the boxoffice The Scarlet Letter, looselybased on Hawthornes classic.Favorite of Americas heartlandfor his You Might Be A RedneckIf... jokes, Georgia-born stand-upcomic and author Jeff Foxworthygets his own ABC sitcom inwhich he plays himself.Model Beckford Tyson, singledout by Ralph Lauren for his ail-American looks, signs anexclusive contract with thefashion designer in 1995.Miss Oklahoma Shawntel Smithis crowned Miss America onSeptember 16. During thebroadcast of the 75th pageant,viewers phone in their votes toretain the swimsuit competition.flashCalvin Kleins provocative CKJeans campaign causes anuproar in August, bringingnasty headlines, threats ofretailer boycotts and an FBIinvestigation. The scandal onlyseems to help sales.Michael Jackson and LisaMarie Presley announce theirdivorce almost a year aftertheir surprise marriage. Thetabloids have a field dayspeculating about the reasonsfor the marriage (was it a cold-hearted career move?) as wellas the causes for the break-up(was he after Elvis fortune?).Breaking the Surface, theautobiography of GregLouganis, former U.S. Olympicgold-medal diver who revealedearlier that he has AIDS, debutsat No. 2 on the best-seller list.Popcorn magnate OrvilleRedenbacher, who transformedpopping corn into a gourmetitem, dies on September 19from heart failure.Two Chinese women set a newGuiness world record inNovember by living in a roomfor 12 days with 888 poisonoussnakes. The previous worldrecord, set in Singapore in1987, was 10 days with200 snakes.John F. Kennedy, Jr., iscofounder and editor-in-chief ofGeorge, a glossy new magazinecovering American politics.Hounded all his life by the press,Kennedy joins their ranks,contributing a feature interviewto each issue.
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