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Word: kneubuhl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young American Samoans leave the island within a year of graduation, often to return disenchanted with both the mainland and their island homeland. And alcoholism is a perennial concern in a country where beer sometimes seems as much in abundance as water. In the cricket-chattering dusk, John Kneubuhl, a grand old man of the island, who went from here to Yale and then to a screenwriting career in Hollywood, recalls how he used to play hide-and-seek in the ghost-filled dark as a boy. Now, he says, traditions are fading. "It's like a volcano getting ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pago Pago, American Samoa Whose Nation Is This Anyway? | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

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