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...clamp down on crime, the islands will remain helplessly vulnerable to the soaring cost of jet fuel, which is the main cause of the rising air fares. Local officials fear that Hawaii may become a resort only for the very wealthy. Says Paul DeDomenico, president of Hawaiian Holiday Macadamia Nut Co.: "Some people say that tourism in Hawaii depends on the rich. That's wrong. It depends on the middle class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Storm Clouds over Paradise | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

Pidgin for a mouth-watering dish is brok'd'moutt (it breaks the mouth). While Hawaiian cuisine may never break Michelin's mouth, Maui offers some distinctive delicacies: ophis (yellow limpets) eaten raw, chicken stewed in coconut milk, kuolo (coconut and sweet-potato pudding) and macadamia-nut pie, aloha cousin to Southern pecan pie; also, almost all the island's fish, notably mahimahi (dolphin), ahi (tuna), ono (wahoo), opakapaka (pink snapper), akule (mackerel) and aquaculturally raised catfish, all of which are often served in a papillote of ti leaves; and all the tropical fruits like papaya...

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

...before taxes in 1970; Trans World Airlines alone will show a deficit of up to $65 million. The industry predicts even bigger losses in 1971 and 1972, although it has made stringent economies. The number of flights has been reduced, and United even saved $250.000 a year by eliminating macadamia nuts on most runs (passengers get peanuts instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1970: The Year of the Hangover | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

...Supermarket, part of a chain, on El Camino Real takes in an extra $500 a week when the President is in town. Sometimes the White House orders put the manager, Leon Riley, on the phone to his food broker in Los Angeles, as the time when the chef ordered macadamia nut ice cream (it comes from Hawaii). "They've picked that up here and taken it back East with them," says Riley. And it took Alpha Beta a day and a half to get in Gruyere cheese. The store also had to call for longdistance help when the White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Richard Nixon Slept Here | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

Ware is a fast left wing whose back checking gives the line defensive viability. Macadamia is a sophomore strickhandler, from Belong Hill on the order of pension Kent Parrot...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Skaters Downed Twice in St. Paul | 1/4/1968 | See Source »

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