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...first was very special," Clemens said in Kapalua, Ha., where he is playing golf. "The second was a challenge because you guys kept reminding me of the jinx...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Rocket Roger Captures Third A.L. Cy Young Award | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

...useless brush and mesquite land a few years ago. If Maui in the past century was ravaged by diseases brought in by outsiders, the island today is in the throes of a more benign importation. It could be called condo fever. Symptoms:-More than 1,000 people gathered at Kapalua last July to engage in a form of real estate roulette. The names of "registered" prospective buyers of condominiums were spun in a revolving cage to decide which 134 lucky ones would get the chance to shell out an average $205,000 each for unbuilt one-or two-bedroom town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...developer: "I'm not kidding you, we just can't build 'em fast enough." Francis Blackwell, 54, Boston-born executive director of the Maui County Visitors Association, boasts: "We have more millionaires per capita than any other place in the country, including Palm Springs." To which Kapalua Land Co.'s Oregon-born vice president, Michael Gallagher, 36, adds: "How many more rich people can there be in the world? Where can they be? It's frightening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...whisks the visitor in Cessna luxury to and from Honolulu. Henry A. Walker Jr., chairman and president of Amfac, Inc., owners of the resort, is developing a $4 million, seven-acre Hawaiian Sea Village, ressurrecting the islands' ancient arts and crafts. A few miles to the north is Kapalua, whose Bay Hotel opened last October. Operated by Rockresorts, the 196-room hotel has a superb golf course (the 334-yd. 13th green is framed by two beaches); another course is under construction. On the southwest coast is the charming 350-room Wailea Beach Hotel and its two golf courses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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