Word: niu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commotion mounted, the Marcoses left Hickam Air Force Base after a month-long stay and moved into a $1.5 million beachfront estate in the exclusive eastern Honolulu suburb of Niu. The new home offers little of the imperial style to which the dethroned couple is accustomed: more than 50,000 cars a day roar along a four-lane highway just outside the house, while sundry beachcombers, joggers and fishermen can peer at the grounds from the nearby beach. One novel feature, however, may remind the exiles of their old Manila home. Within 24 hours of the Marcoses relocation, picketers appeared...