Word: hoshin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University of Hawaii, raffled off a Vespa motorscooter at a $1,150 profit. When the McCain reached Naha, Okinawa in December, she mustered a U.S. diplomat and two missionaries to find six able, poor boys who would promise to return to Okinawa and help their people. Among the candidates: Hoshin Nakamura, 19, son of a small farmer in the village of Sashki. A B-plus senior at rigorous Chinen Senior High School, Hoshin had no money for college. With ease, he passed the McCain's first test: a statement of purpose. Said Hoshin...
Last week, having topped his rivals in the formal exams, Hoshin sailed into Pearl Harbor. At dockside: everyone from the Pacific Fleet's chief of staff to Hawaii's Congressman Daniel K. Inouye. To pay Hoshin's entire expenses for the next four years, the McCain has already installed an ice cream machine with proceeds ($120 a month) earmarked for his education, along with a big chunk of the ship's bingo profits. Says Hoshin: "It is much too wonderful to explain...
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