Word: santorini
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in bringing the myth back to life. For an arduous 3 hr. 54 min., Kanellos Kanellopoulos, 31, Greek Olympic cyclist and 14-time national champion, pedaled a 70-lb. plane dubbed Daedalus 88 from Crete to a crash landing just off the island of Santorini. Said the wet but beaming pilot: "Everything went like clockwork. I didn't feel at all tired...
...boat and two coast guard vessels, the champion cyclist kept in constant radio contact with the M.I.T. command crew. He advised them of his physical condition every 15 minutes, and they reported changes in wind velocity and direction. At about 11 a.m., just 30 ft. off the beach at Santorini, a strong head wind buffeted Kanellopoulos as he tried to land. First the tail broke off and then the wing. Next thing the pilot-athlete knew, he was swimming toward shore, where an enthusiastic mob surged forward to greet him. Champagne corks popped. Kanellopoulos good-naturedly signed autographs...
Michael (Peter Gallagher) and Cathy (Daryl Hannah) decide to spend one last summer young and free and in love before entering the real world, in which, presumably, they will loss their tans and become cynical. They travel to Santorini, an island off Greece, where thousands of beautiful people between the ages of 22 and 25 gather each summer to lie on the white cliffs, roll in the black sand, swim in the blue sea, and hump like little Greek bunny rabbits. Though the two Americans are initially restrained by faint Puritan twinges, they become intoxicated by the hedonistic atmosphere...
Lina has come to santorini to escape jealousy and confinement She thinks Michael is cute but has no interest in breaking up the Ken-and-Barbie relationship she sees giggling on-the balcony 50 yards from her own. Bur wait...this is Santorini, island of passion. Lina's willing to try a sub-let arrangement on Michael's taut brown body, and lo and behold, Miss Wonderbread, Cathy, finds the whole thing kinky enough to give it a whirl. They all fall in love with the concept and move in together...