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Volcanically speaking, the eruption of Vesuvius on Aug. 24, A.D. 79, was a squib compared with the more recent explosions of Krakatoa or Mont Pelée. But no seismic event has ever had wider cultural repercussions. Buried under 12 ft. of deadly ash and scoriae, the city of Pompeii-a flourishing town on the Bay of Naples, filled with rich men's villas, tradesmen's houses and the workshops of the poor-was in the moment of its snuffing-out turned into the most complete social time capsule left by the Roman world. Since major excavations...
...bronze lions in Peking's Forbidden City, who else but the world's most lionized soccer player? The mighty Pelé and the New York Cosmos also walked on the Great Wall, toured the Imperial Palace and visited Mao's tomb. The official reason for their trip: a match with the Chinese national soccer squad. Alas for the Cosmos, the Chinese tied the first game and won the second 2-1. "We did not expect to find soccer of this caliber in China," conceded Cosmos Captain Werner Roth. But at a welcoming banquet, the mood was jovial...
...European imports but also of Americans. The Cosmos, who field players of eleven different nationalities, have a Brooklyn-born Harvard graduate in goal named Shep Messing (each team is required to start one American and have at least five others on the roster). Indeed, after the championship game, Pelé symbolically acknowledged the improvement of the U.S. players by giving Jim McAlister, Sounder defender and Seattle native, and the league's rookie of the year, a souvenir that any soccer fan or player would treasure-the Great One's jersey. Said Pelé: "Now I know I have...
...Pelé's other accomplishment-leading the Cosmos to a title-was no small task either. After a four-month, 26-game schedule, the Cosmos made the play-offs along with eleven other teams in a wide-open battle for the championship. All four division races had been close, and the Cosmos were rated a slight favorite, more on the basis of potential than proven ability (they had finished second to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the Eastern Division). The New Yorkers kicked and clawed their way through four play-off rounds en route to the championship...
...next venture for the champion Cosmos will be a demonstration of American soccer on a worldwide tour this month that includes stops in Caracas, Tokyo and Peking. Then Pelé will play the final game of his career in an October exhibition in New Jersey that will pit the Cosmos against Brazil's Santos team, his former squad (he will play the first half for the Cosmos, the second half for the Brazilians). Meanwhile, the soccer players are learning fast some of the more rewarding nuances of U.S. sports. They are in the process of forming a players...