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Word: hoomanawanui (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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Japanese submarines shelled three islands of the Hawaiian chain one night last week. They damaged a small shed, set fire to a cane field. Questioned at a press conference aboard a submarine about U.S. Navy counteroperations, island-wise, white-thatched Admiral Chester W. Nimitz answered in island slang: "Hoomanawanui" (Let time take care of the situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Hoomanawanui | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

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