Word: yau
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...from Kwangtung province to work in the Oahu cane fields for $12 a month. The seventh of eleven children, Fong decided as a small boy to lift himself out of poverty, worked his way through high school by selling newspapers, shining shoes and caddying, changed his first name from Yau to Hiram to honor a venerable Congregational missionary, Hiram Bingham.* The University of Hawaii was tougher, but Hiram Fong got through in three years with honors, with a bewildering collection of side jobs that ranged from bill collector to tourist guide. After graduation he worked for two years, borrowed...
Shortly after midnight, the brittle crackle of small-arms fire welled out of the distance, slowly drew closer. The adjutant roared with laughter at our nervous inquiry. "Pu-yau-chin, pu-yati-chin" (No matter, no matter), he said. "Do not worry. This happens every night. The Communists are counterattacking but we will stop them...