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...U.S.S.R. remains strangely impoverished, even cursed. While its gross national product is second only to that of the U.S. ($2.4 trillion vs. $1.4 trillion), it ranks 17th in The Book of World Rankings on a scale of combined social and economic indicators, after such countries as Sweden, Australia and Iceland...
...Mount Skaptar erupted in Iceland, filling a valley with lava up to 75 ft. deep. The blast's devastating effects on farming and fishing caused a famine that killed 10,000 (one-fifth of the country's population) and destroyed most of the island's livestock...
...Helens, the magma remains in pools under the mountain, but still releases enough heat to cause explosive ejections of steam, fumes and ashes. The mountain literally blows its top. Eruptions may also occur where the plates tear apart. One such place is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, site of Iceland's volcanoes. Finally, there are volcanoes, like those of the Hawaiian Islands, that form far from plate boundaries. One theory is that permanent "hot spots" lie under these areas, deep inside the earth's mantle...
...exposed to him through free meditation classes, concerts and art exhibits. Chinmoy himself is based in New York, where he leads meditations for diplomats and clerks at the United Nations. There are nearly 20 Chinmoy centers in the U.S. and 40 others in nations such as Germany, Japan, Canada, Iceland and Australia...
...reason is the sheer power of his medium. WWWE, one of a handful of 50,000 watt-clear channel radio stations in the U.S., can be heard every night over half the continent, and listeners as far away as Iceland and Argentina have reported reception. "I have fan clubs in Atlanta, Toronto, all over," Franklin comments. "I'm not what you'd call a local figure...