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Some volunteers remained behind to move the historic Star of the Sea Roman Catholic church -- a structure noted for its interior wall paintings -- out of the path of destruction. By the time the lava flow sputters off into the ocean, Kalapana will be no more. Says Harry Kim, Hawaii County's civil-defense chief: "This community is finished. This land won't be productive for 150 years...
...this time the former President was standing on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California's Ventura County. And he seemed pleased to accept the gift of the graffiti-splotched memento from East Germany's Berlin Wall Commemorative Group. The concrete block will greet visitors to the Reagan presidential library at the pleasant site 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The facility is scheduled for completion early...
...waters too deep for divers. But ten British and American insurance companies insist that the loot is theirs since their predecessor companies paid off the loss more than a century ago. Even the Ivy League has joined the fray. Columbia University, whose researchers provided sonar maps of the ocean bottom, is also angling for a share...
...Trump's Atlantic City version took only eight years and 1,800 laborers. But Trump cedes nothing to the original structure. He claims to have built "the largest (and most expensive) casino resort, convention center and entertainment complex constructed at one time," a great, glittery gumdrop on the Atlantic Ocean. India's Taj is, after all, just a tomb...
...spite of the seemingly inexorable European settlement of the Pacific Coast, there are strangers in the Western paradise. Other peoples too have sought the "good country," though instead of crossing the continent, they have crossed an ocean; instead of looking back to Europe, they trace their bloodlines to Asia. The profound impact they have made on the West is a case study of the changes that will sweep the nation as it gradually moves beyond the melting pot. As Asians bring vitality and a renewed sense of purpose to the region, is history repeating itself with a twist? Just...