Word: polynesian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are very few birds left on the Polynesian islands because of the local practice of collecting eggs and selling them at market. Brando plans to turn this island over to the French government as a sanctuary. I followed him as he waded hip-deep into a shallow lagoon. Brando dropped into the water floating on his back; I did likewise. A brilliant rainbow arched over the island. Above us were hundreds of wheeling birds and an early halfmoon. Our bodies turned slowly in the warm water until we faced the lowering sun. Brando smiled impishly. "Just a typical...
...short, betrayed his age. Suddenly Brando turned toward me and the illusion of youth vanished. That famous face with its jutting forehead and broken nose is a face that has seen and experienced everything. His wet shirt hugged a fat belly. "Poachers," Brando whispered, looking at two young Polynesian boys lying on the sand. They smiled nervously. Brando studied them hard for a moment and slowly moved away. "They're O.K.," he said. "They're trapping lobsters." The kids were lucky not to have been egg hunting. Even at 52 and 40 Ibs. overweight, Marlon Brando could have...
Brando bought the islands ten years ago from the widow of a Canadian dentist whose father had been doctor to a Polynesian king and had received the islands as a gift. The sale ended a ten-year search by the actor "for a place on this earth to hang my hat." He narrowed his choices to Mexico, Bali, Bangkok and finally decided on Tetiaroa, which he had first seen in 1961 while filming Mutiny on the Bounty...
...decided to return to Argentina, the Millses resolved to honor her with a Sunday evening bon voyage party. But Mrs. Mills had broken her foot. Said Mills: "She insisted that I take our friends to a public place we had frequented before." It was the Junkanoo, a restaurant with Polynesian decor, whose manager recalled having seen Mills and Fanne there twice in recent months. The Mills party left the restaurant at 9 p.m. on Sunday...
...never did any chore that he could possibly put off. The author, who weaves entries from the boys' diaries to gether with his own observation, has produced an often moving and entertaining account of the voyage. He describes, with no attempt at ridicule, the boys' affairs with Polynesian girls, their meetings to hash out problems: after nearly 14 weeks at sea, they finally agreed that below-deck work duties would have to be formally assigned. Nor does Lipscomb spare himself in describing the strained relationship with his son. As John became more confident, he more and more resented...