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Giuliani said a minimum of $250 million in property would be forfeited if the Marcoses were convicted, including four New York buildings, their home in Honolulu and 28 foreign bank accounts...
Even though the center of the earth is closer to New York City than New York is to Honolulu, it is as inaccessible to scientists as the stars. Until recently, the earth's core, hidden under thousands of miles of rock, was a mystery. Now all that is changing. In the past two years, thanks to a technological revolution in methods of observation, scientists have begun to paint a theoretical portrait of the planet's interior in startling detail. Says Harvard University Geophysicist Adam Dziewonski: "For the first time we can actually see the inside of the machine...
...milk run, a routine bit of island hopping. The Aloha Airlines jet was cruising at 24,000 ft., just 25 miles southeast of the Hawaiian island of Maui, en route from Hilo to Honolulu. Everything seemed normal aboard Flight 243 last Thursday afternoon when suddenly -- with a whoosh like a paper bag popping -- a gaping hole blew open in the fuselage directly above the first- class compartment. "Everything was flying around -- books, papers, money," said Stanford Samson, a passenger seated nearby. "A stewardess was in the aisle being pulled toward the hole. Everybody who could grabbed her and held onto...
Hawaii Seafood Magnate Richard Fowler did not hesitate when a Japanese company offered him $21 million two months ago for his Honolulu mansion. Naturally, he took it. The house was assessed two years ago at $2.6 million. Aided by the sharp decline of the dollar against the yen, the Japanese have spent some $3 billion for Hawaiian real estate in the past two years, more than all foreign investment in the state between...
...Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi wants to put a stop to it. He has called for a state law banning most foreign ownership of residential and agricultural land. Reason: the payouts have driven up real estate assessments by as much as 100%, so that people who do not sell are facing a crushing tax burden. Though Fasi's proposed law may not be considered by the state legislature this year, many Honolulu residents now support his call for action...