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Word: hawaiian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blacksmithing class, the teacher watched one Hawaiian boy vigorously whaling away at cold metal. Then he asked: "Why don't you heat it, Joe?" Replied exhausted, exasperated Joe: "Heet it? I heet it so hard, I bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Much Pilikia, Many Huhu | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Would TIME Magazine, which has already done so much to make us a better and juster people, consent to transmit the enclosed $5 to the cold and starving Navajo Indians? May it bring my 100% fellow Americans a little of our Hawaiian sunshine this winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 24, 1947 | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Honolulu marked her re-emergence as a pleasant and peaceful subtropical crossroads last week. For the first time since the "blitz day" attack on Pearl Harbor, citizens celebrated Aloha Week, the Hawaiian equivalent of "pioneer days" as observed in the continental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Something Old, Something New | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

Ditch diggers and bank presidents wore bright-colored Aloha shirts to work; women appeared in gay, ankle-length muu-muus,* modern models of the Mother Hubbards which early missionaries had hung on native Hawaiian girls. A big, bronzed, part-Hawaiian gas company foreman named Charles Kramer acted as Alii, or king of the celebration, attended parades, parties, sports events, suitably attired in scanty trunks, a long yellow cloak and a bright-colored helmet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Something Old, Something New | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

Fuller fought Clemmons in the semifinal as a result of the draw made in the morning, and therefore did not meet either John Contrades, the Hawaiian contender, or Salvador Brunello...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fuller Loses Close Decision To Clemmons in Local Bout | 9/25/1947 | See Source »

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