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Word: poi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stone castle on Lake Tahoe, where an even richer lady, Elsinore Machris Gillilan, a bride of 70 who inherited $20 million from her previous oil-drenched husband, was tossing a small, make-believe Hawaiian luau (a beach wassail where revelers cry "Oahu!"). There was no poi or okolehau, but there were oodles of orchids and leis, flown in from the Islands, and, ignoring Tahoe's sparkling waters, lackeys gassed up a swimming pool by spiking it with champagne. Mrs. Gillilan's newly rich bridegroom, Ray, 60, wouldn't say what the party cost (estimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 16, 1954 | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...chewing Jackie has had some adjustments to make. Even in the South, she finds the weather chilly; the food is not her favorite fish & poi. A recent happy discovery, that has added 12 Ibs. to her weight: grits & gravy. But most of all Jackie is homesick for Hawaii, her two daughters, and Chinese-Hawaiian husband Barney, a Honolulu fireman. Barney, on a day-on, day-off routine, helps cook the meals, does the washing, takes cafe of the kids. No golfer, Barney is often privileged to caddy for his wife, who outweighs him by 67 Ibs. The original golf widower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mrs. Five-by-Five | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

Sunset magazine is a sort of Western-accented Better Homes & Gardens. A monthly, Sunset tells readers how to 1) barbecue pig in their backyard; 2) cook such exotic edibles as poi, geoduck and abalone; 3) build their bedrooms around the swimming pool; 4) keep a riding horse in the backyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Glowing Sunset | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

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