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Despite his losing battle with lymphoma, Vailcontinued to work on a dictionary of the languageof the Lakeside Tonga people of Malawi...
...navigation, which led to an explosion of interisland trade. The dominant traders, peoples known to archaeologists as the Lapita, who lived in the Bismarck archipelago, did a booming commerce in food, obsidian, seashells and elaborately stamped pottery from island to island, eventually venturing as far away as Fiji and Tonga...
...Lawyer Richard Hirschfeld, Marcos planned to invade the Philippines with arms obtained on credit backed by $500 million in Swiss bank accounts and 1,000 tons of gold bullion, worth $14 billion, hidden in various locations in the Philippines. According to Marcos' plan, he was to go first to Tonga, an independent South Pacific island where he supposedly had allies. From there, he was to land by boat in his home province of Ilocos Norte, where he expected to be greeted by supporters and swept back into power. As for Aquino, Marcos said he would like to take her hostage...
...tournament. And when Heavyweight Henry Tillman's 3-2 loss to Italy's Angelo Musone was overturned by the jury that reviews all such decisions, even the chauvinistic crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena booed lustily. Tillman's earlier fight, with Tonga's Tevita Taufoou, had ended when the Japanese referee mysteriously stopped the contest late in the second round. Charged Taufoou: "The Americans are getting whatever they need to win these fights...
...Sammy Tonga...