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...program was part of the irregularly aired Spacebridge series, which is produced by the New York based Internews Company. One past show focused on the two countries' reliance on nuclear power following the Chernobyl disaster and the shutdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island...

Author: By Grace S. Park, | Title: Students Appear on Soviet T.V. | 4/9/1987 | See Source »

...MILE NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, CALIF...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The Border Order | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

...sybaritic stretch. Fort Lauderdale, for example, has tried to discourage collegiate revelers by building a beachfront wall and tightly enforcing drinking laws. Some venturesome students are taking advantage of the strong dollar or bargain excursions by flying to resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean, but the sand-covered, 34-mile-long sliver of South Padre Island has proved to be an inexpensive and enticing alternative to Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Spring Break at South Padre | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Activities directors from the various hotels crammed each day with a Club Med melange of crab races, scuba, and belly-flop and tanning contests. "Some of it's a little crazy," said Hilton Director Bill Parousis, smiling as he oversaw a two-mile-long line of students attempting to fashion the world's largest sand castle. "But it's keeping them out of trouble." One sign of the times: the fear of AIDS injected a note of caution to the usual sex-charged atmosphere of spring break. Comic Jay Leno drew cheers by noting that it was "National Condom Week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Spring Break at South Padre | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Tensions between the two NATO allies abated, at least temporarily, when the Sismik 1 began seismic tests in Turkish waters. A spokesman in Ankara said that "as long as Greece stays within the six-mile territorial waters limit in its oil research, we will do the same." Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou pronounced his outlook on the squabble as one of "restrained optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Aegean: Major Alert, Minor Dispute | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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