Word: kaalawai
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Refused by Honolulu's Harbor Board was the request of Doris Duke Cromwell, "Richest Girl in the U. S.," to bulkhead a Kaalawai Beach cove into a private swimming pool near her proposed $500,000 home. Declared the Board: "This question of great wealth being used for private ends is contrary to the public good." Annoyed, Mrs. Cromwell threatened to abandon her Hawaiian property, build her home near Palm Beach, Fla., instead...
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