Word: aloha
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...students have asked for better opportunities to study international problems. Our vessel sailed out of Shanghai dock, as she had sailed in, to the accompaniment of fire crackers and cordial cheers exchanged between the docks and the decks. The fire cracker seems to be to the Chinese what the Aloha is to the Hawaiian. It's their way of saying welcome and goodbye with emphasis...
...Arthur Curtiss James presides. He even has a flag to symbolize his rule there-a triangular piece of bunting bearing a crescent and a star. It flew at the masthead of the Coronette, the yacht in which he went around the world; it snapped at the halyards of the Aloha I and the Aloha II, famous sailing yachts. Mr. James handles his yachts himself. He holds master's papers which permit him to operate his craft in any waters. He is a former commodore of the New York and Seawanhaka-Corinthian yacht clubs...
...Corsair, yacht belonging to J. P. Morgan', and the Aloha, belonging to Arthur Curtiss James, ex-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, were among the 200-odd boats seen on the river...