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Rostropovich will be as big an asset to music in this nation as Pele was to the game of soccer. You have fulfilled many of the wishes of classical-music lovers. To the Russians who mistreated the artists who are in exile in our country: Repent! You have lost the best in music, literature and dance...
Native Hawaiians have long attempted to placate the fire goddess Pele by dropping offerings-ohelo berries, liquor and, once upon a time, an occasional human-into the crater of the 4,090-ft. volcano Kilauea. Legend says the fire goddess lives within Kilauea, and it is her outbursts that have made the volcano, located on the big island of Hawaii, the world's most active, erupting on the average of once every 2½ years. But even longtime Kilauea watchers were concerned about the magnitude of the latest demonstration of Pele's power. In mid-September the volcano...
...fiery river 40 ft. deep and 1,000 ft. wide flowed toward the tiny (pop. 100) village of Kalapana at a rate that reached 1,000 ft. per hr. Many residents of the village fled. But some stayed, including a 70-year-old storekeeper named Walter Yamaguchi. "If Pele wants my store, Pele will take my store," said Yamaguchi, who remained open to serve firefighters and National Guardsmen called out to protect Kalapana. "But no way it's going to come...
...Pele's mission was also the soccer enthusiast's dream: having soccer spread across the U.S. [Sept. 12]. Now millions of people are into soccer, and it is evident by the record crowds that soccer is here to stay...
...into soccer when Pele joined the Cosmos in 1975, and from then on it's been the only sport I enjoy playing. I soon found out that more and more people were getting into soccer, and it made me feel great to think that soccer was becoming a big thing in America...