Word: polynesian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beauties are its beauties. Maui boasts some of the world's most exotic women. Many flashing-eyed, sinuous wahines are hapa-haole, meaning half Caucasian; others are apparently products of every conceivable ethnic mix. Of the larger islands Maui has the state's biggest proportion of Polynesian-descended Hawaiians and part...
...time or another, Sonnenberg handled the p.r. needs of CBS, Philip Morris, David Sarnoff, Lever Brothers, Samuel Goldwyn, Pan Am, Squibb, Pepperidge Farm and others too numerous to count. A prodigios host and incessant partygiver, he was Manhattan's equivalent of the "talking chief on other, Polynesian islands-the chamberlain who enunciates the real chiefs dicta to the tribe, or, as he put it himself, "I supply the Listerine to the commercial dandruff on the shoulders of corporations." As an American success story, Sonnenberg's was cast in the old epic mold...
...owned three Chinese restaurants and a food-packaging plant. He, his American-born wife Barbara, 28, their two children and nine of his ten brothers and sisters came to the U.S. to escape the threatening political climate and lawless atmosphere of Jamaica. Wong has a highly successful Chinese-Polynesian restaurant in the Miami Omni International complex, feels that the U.S. is "the last bastion of democracy and free enterprise...
Also right in the area is the Plaza Hotel, a favorite spot for socialites who like to linger in hotel lobbies. If you are in the mood for elegant and excellent dining, just hop downstairs to Trader Vic's, New York's premier Polynesian restaurant, located in the Plaza's lower level...
...lucky, most high-school ballplayers fall for the wine-and-dine routine. When prospective footballers do visit Harvard, they are put up on the couch of whoever gets stuck with them and are fed in the dining halls. If you had a choice between Tournedos du Boeuf or Polynesian meatless balls, which would you choose...