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...they were given Anglicized names; Hawaiians now openly give their children traditional names (most common: Kimo for boys and Mele for girls). At Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, 90 students are now studying Hawaiian; the course did not exist three years ago. Since 1974 ten outrigger racing clubs have sprung up on the island of Hawaii alone. Governor George Ariyoshi, for one, applauds the Hawaiians' new assertiveness. Says Ariyoshi, a Japanese-American: "In Hawaii more people understand other people's culture than anywhere else on earth. If we don't make a conscious effort, we are going...
Their resentment is only sharpened by the haphazard development of the islands over the past two decades. Between 1970 and 1980, the population of Hawaii registered its greatest increase ever. Around Honolulu, subdivisions have sprung up on land once covered by pineapple plants and sugar cane. On Maui, the once pristine coastline between Lahaina and Kaanapali is now studded with hotels and condominiums. Says Kazu Morita, 62, a third-generation Japanese Hawaiian who owns a gas station on Kauai: "When we were kids, we could go through anybody's property to the sea. Now they've built houses...
Small refiners, however, are in more serious trouble. These companies, known in the industry as teakettle refiners because they have operations of less than 30,000 bbl. a day, have sprung up since the mid-1970s to take advantage of Government subsidies built into the oil price controls that President Reagan abolished in late January. Without those federal subsidies, many small refineries cannot make a profit. About 40 such firms have already shut down along the Gulf Coast, and more closures are likely to follow...
Aided by migration from the North, its population has increased 21%, from 650,000 to 788,000 in the past decade, making it the ninth largest city in the U.S. (Hispanics now account for 53%.) Four new hotels have sprung up along the city's "Riverwalk," a charming, Old World district of shops and cafes along the San Antonio River. So far, seven high-technology electronics firms have announced plans to build or expand in the city; they could create as many as 5,000 new jobs...
...stubborn mood extends to the Red Sea coast, where two Israeli resort settlements have sprung up between Eilat, at the top of the Gulf of Aqaba, and Sharm el Sheikh, near the Sinai's southern tip. The new spas, havens for Israeli tourists, foreign sightseers and hippies, are tolerant to a degree unheard of in Israel. Sunbathers routinely strip naked on the placid beaches. Hashish, smuggled from Egypt, is freely available. Many of the Israeli hoteliers and other developers would like to stay on after April 1982, but the Egyptian entrepreneurs waiting in the wings have resisted all proposals...