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Word: punahou (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that, policemen all the way from Manila to Washington began weighing in with reminiscences of Amalu. His claim to Hawaiian noble blood was vague, but he had attended Punahou, Honolulu's exclusive private school. Though he said he went on from there to the Sorbonne and Oxford (and cultivated a British accent to prove it), he actually had his only known brush with higher education at the University of Hawaii, was obliged to resign from the army in 1943 "for the good of the service." His most notable accomplishments since: a two-year stretch in the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Estate: Hawaiian Fairy Tale | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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