Word: hula
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...last, Agriculture Secretary Benson handed Nixon a penknife, and the Vice President liberated Hagerty by cutting a slit in his trousers. Nixon announced that the lure, formerly known as the "Hula Diver," would henceforth be called the "Hagerty Snag...
...funnel through a 20-ft. passage. Thousands of spectators had gathered there for the climax. First through was Bock, showing the strain in his taut face, then Paris, spilling again. Then came Champion Seidel, flashing his two-bladed paddle and maneuvering his tight-fitting craft by swinging his hips, hula-like, to meet crosscurrents. He shot through with expert ease, emerged from angry Cottonwood to come in fourth at the finish...
...have a veritable paradise of the Pacific ... a harmonious cosmopolitan community . . ."), then added extemporaneously in English: "I have heard so much about Hawaiian hospitality that I am sure I will enjoy my visit here." As the ship nosed in, his eye was especially taken by a quartet of hula dancers; he asked, and was assured that he would see more hula-hula before he left. Thousands of Hawaii's Japanese wept, shouted "banzai." waved imitation cherry blossoms and risingsun flags as the Prince went ashore for a round of ceremonial visits...
...harder they hit. By far the biggest of the women golfers these days is a roly-poly (5 ft. 3 in., 222 Ibs.) Hawaiian named Mrs. Jacqueline ("Jackie") Pung, who celebrated a victory in last year's Women's Amateur championship with a hip-swinging hula that brought frowns of disapproval from the staid U.S.G.A. This year, playing for pro pay, Jackie has restrained her hulas, but her booming 240-yd. tee shots have taken the play-and some of the pay-from such old pros as Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg...
Three Days of Golf. The heavy cruiser nosed up to Baker Dock in Pearl Harbor. Ike stood in the Hawaiian sunshine on the main deck. Tanned and fit, he came ashore to a rousing welcome, complete with honor guard, hula dancers, a lei of red carnations, and a motorcade tour of Honolulu...