Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fruit-cocktail state of mind. With its amiable aliens getting their pop culture out of a TV set and its hydraulic surf bunnies singing "I can't spell VW but I got a Porsche, / 'Cause I'm a blond," Earth Girls sounds like a quick mix of E.T. and Beach Blanket Bingo. But it's really a revved-up tribute to postwar Hollywood style: the vulgar vitality, the supersaturated colors, the new aristocracy of teen taste. Gaud is in the details here. A glimpse in Valerie's refrigerator reveals a package of lo-cal Pop-Tarts; the movie...
...months shy of getting a Ph.D. in chemistry. "Jobs for Ph.D. chemists were paying $3,500 a year at the time," he explains. "My daddy offered me $20,000." He joined the family textile business, then went on to manage a family-owned restaurant in North Palm Beach, Fla. But after nearly a decade away from science, Pons decided to go back and complete his degree. To do so at Michigan, though, he would have had to repeat most of the courses he had already taken. So he went to Southampton, where his credits would still count...
Ignatenko spent four days in Miami with bureau chief James Carney, who speaks Russian. He met Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez, toured the building of the Miami Herald -- and squeezed in a few hours on the beach. We urged him to stay longer, but he had to fly home to Moscow to prepare for another trip. His destination: Beijing, where he arrives this week to plan coverage of the Sino- Soviet summit...
...show of force, however, the recovery drive has made little tangible progress. Exxon estimated that it had cleaned a scant 3,300 ft. of beach, leaving 304 miles of oil-covered shoreline to go in Prince William Sound alone. The company claimed that it would pick up the remaining seaborne oil within the next two weeks and scrub all the fouled shoreline before cold weather arrives in September. But Alaskan officials grimaced with skepticism. "Sounds too rosy," said Dennis Kelso, Alaska's environmental conservation commissioner. "Look at Exxon's track record till now -- too little, too late, and too many...
...perceived as a game for fat, rich, old white guys." Today 40% of the 2 million newcomers are women, and club pros see an increasing number of African Americans and Hispanics concentrating on 10-ft. putts. Golf is also appealing to a younger crowd. And it shows. Myrtle Beach, S.C., for example, has evolved from a secluded, two-course resort town into a family golfing Mecca with 49 public and ten private links. "It's the perfect sport for the 'I'm-in-control generation,' " says Binford. Nor is it so hard on the knees as tennis or jogging -- something...