Word: tahiti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nowhere was the reaction more dramatic than in Papeete, Tahiti, the capital of French Polynesia, where several hundred rioters went on a rampage. In a 36-hour orgy of trashing and looting, they virtually destroyed Tahiti's international airport, smashed storefront windows and torched several buildings before French Foreign Legionnaires and paramilitary troops arrived. The upheaval, which injured 40 people and did damage estimated in the millions of dollars, was attributed to a volatile mixture of antinuclear and pro-independence sentiments...
...bring a bunch of swimming suits. One is okay, but you'll find that Cambridge is not exactly Tahiti. Resign yourself to the fact that you will never be as tan as your best friend who attends that prestigious university on the West Coast. Ditto for the sunblock and the beach umbrella...
Cheyenne once claimed she was "the most beautiful, most intelligent and richest girl in Tahiti," and there are those who agreed with her. But she was also probably the most anguished. In the past few months, the onetime model gained so much weight that she began to resemble her corpulent father. Her behavior was so erratic that when she recently invited three friends out for coffee in nearby Papeete, she paid for the coffee by writing separate checks...
Cheyenne was devastated when a judge ruled three weeks ago that Tuki would have to remain in the custody of Cheyenne's mother. It was while her mother was at Easter services that she took her life. Brando decided against flying to Tahiti, but, ever the domineering parent, he tried to have Cheyenne buried on his private atoll of Tetiaroa. Instead, she was laid to rest in the Drollet family crypt in Faa'a. CHEYENNE WITH DAG FOR ETERNITY, read the headline in La Depeche de Tahiti...
...Brando's daughter happens to coincide with his re-emergence on screen in Don Juan DeMarco. As an added and cruel irony, his last scene in the movie is a dance on the beach of a tropical island with his wife (Faye Dunaway). Their paradise looks a lot like Tahiti...