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...Zapp's delectable Cajun Craw-Tators, golden brown, crisply curled wafers that are burnished with a savory and peppery spice blend, or the even more tantalizing incendiary jalapeno chips, hot enough to drive the muncher straight to a can of cold Dixie beer. Judging by the high price of Maui chips (as much as $7.59 for a 7-oz. bag), Hawaiians like heavy grease -- as do certain Angelenos. Jurgensen's, a high-toned Southern California grocery, buys all it can get of these dark, oily chips. The steep price does not discourage devotees like Andrea Sharp, a Los Angeles waitress...
...landmarks, Japanese investors havealso bought industrial parks, shopping centers, condos and hotels in several states. Nine of the 14 hotels along Waikiki Beach in Hawaii are owned by Japanese landlords. Within a month, Kokusai Jidosha, a real estate company, will close a deal to buy the Hyatt Regency on Maui from Chicago-based VMS Realty for an estimated $319 million...
...some destinations, vacant rooms are already in short supply. The 4,600- unit Aston hotel chain in Maui, Hawaii, is completely booked for much of the summer season. Sales are also brisk at less renowned vacation spots: Rock City Gardens, a scenic 14-acre spot atop Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tenn., is attracting 20% more visitors than last year. At Best Western Hotels, the world's largest lodging chain, reservations are up 36% at its 1,892 U.S. hotels...
...Andy Griffith Show, which ran on CBS from 1960 to 1968 (when Griffith left, and the show was transmuted into Mayberry R.F.D.) but for the reassembled cast. "It's been wonderful seeing all the old friends," said Nabors, 52, who now tends a macadamia-nut farm in Maui between occasional singing engagements. "It's like a family that we all grew up with." Commented Griffith, 59, who has appeared in numerous series and TV movies since the Mayberry days: "It's like we finished the old show on Friday and started this one on Monday...
...mirror earthward, Discovery had to fly with its nose forward and pitched downward. When it passed over the Maui facility on its 37th orbit Wednesday, the shuttle was instead flying backward with its nose pitched slightly upward. A NASA spokesman sheepishly called the mistake a "ground- based accounting error...