Word: hawaiians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...referred to as "slobbering bovines" or "grateful heifers" by their hosts after they leave In other words, are they shocked by the contents of the now famous newsletter' After reading the newsletter, which was so generously distributed by the picketers Saturday night, some women chose not to attend the Hawaiian party. However we witnessed and were among a large number of women who crossed the picked line This proves that many other women realize the newsletter was a) not intended to be taken seriously, and b) does not represent the attitude of most of the members of the club...
...Fred Free man, the creators of the show, have invented a conglomerate that might better be called Bedlam Inc. The company's indecisive sales manager answers yes-or-no questions with a paralyzed "Nes" and blurts out unsolicited confessions. He tells his wife, "You know that huge Hawaiian barbecue pit we put in? Well, I didn't pay for it. I buried it in the Kuwaiti bid under market research." Cohen maintains that this is how companies really work. "This is a comedy and will treat business like...
...upstart airlines are succeeding by finding markets either overlooked or ignored by the big trunk carriers. One such newcomer is Hawaiian Pacific, a new Los Angeles-based airline that has begun advertising nonstop service to Honolulu. Founded by a former TV game-show producer, Hawaiian Pacific plans to serve 15 mainland cities as far east as New York City, where nonstop flights to Hawaii have mostly been unavailable. Still awaiting the resolution of questions about its financing and Civil Aeronautics Board certification, the new airline hopes to begin service on Feb. 15 with five leased 747s. After only two weeks...
Perhaps the biggest weapon in the arsenal of the upstarts is price. Hawaiian Pacific will charge only $338 for a round-trip ticket between Honolulu and Denver, vs. the usual fare of $700. The leader in bargain-basement flying is three-year-old People Express. It jolted the industry last summer by offering flights from Newark to London for only $149, vs. $275 for most regular coach fares...
...Japs came in from the southeast over Diamond Head. Civilians' estimates of their numbers ranged from 50 to 150. They whined over Waikiki, over the candy-pink bulk of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Some were big four-motored jobs, some dive-bombers, some pursuits. All that they met as they came in was a tiny private plane in which Lawyer Ray Buduick was out for a Sunday morning ride. They riddled the plane with machine-gun bullets, but the lawyer succeeded in landing. By the time he did, bombs were thudding all around the city. The first reported casualty...