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...Tell me as one read the articles and the imagination had been captured as last hear WGN NEWS asked the question, “Tell me this…. You mean there is a shark in within Lake Michigan?” That’s the urban legend guys – plausible when you realize how far a Bull Shark can swim up river or through the St. Lawrence. Though it’s a question how it would end up in Lake Michig...

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...ntleman thief of some renown who, in this, the hero's final adventure, ironically demonstrates a sense of morality by teaching a London East End loan shark a lesson. The book was later made into a movie, as well as a British television series. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...

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...The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest. 15 -- Ikoi, the Tripping Club, and Delegate Kuhio. 18 -- Demonstrating Ikoi. 20 -- The Ikoi Contest and...

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...The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher.. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony.. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark.. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture.. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest.. 15 -- Ikoi, the Tripping Club, and Delegate Kuhio. 18 -- Demonstrating Ikoi.. 20 -- The Ikoi Contest...

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...-- The Uala Field. 51 -- The Kalo Patch. 55 -- Kalo Slips. 58 -- Rain. 63 -- After the Rain. 70 -- Planting. 81 -- Matmaking. 85 -- Capturing a Tiger Shark. 93 -- Luau and Salt. 97 -- Luau. 97 -- Salt. 99 -- The Hula School. 103 -- Laka, Goddess of the Hula. 103 -- Chosen. 106 -- In the Halau. 110 -- Graduation. 113 -- Kahana and His Master. 119 -- Woodcarving. 119 -- Tatt...

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...7 -- The Ki-Leaf Trumpet.158 -- A Kite And A Toy Canoe.167 -- The God Of Love.171 -- The Gift Of Ku.176 -- The Man Who Always Wore A Kihei.178 -- The Shark That Came For Poi.186 -- Punia And The Sharks.190 -- The Kihapu.196 -- The Cowry Shell.202 -- Food For Kohala.210 -- The Land Beneath The Sea.215 -- The Winning Of Makolea.222 -- ieie And Lehua. 230 -- The Chiefs Who We...

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...n 1914 -- 1917) -- 9 -- Kapalilua: Places, Features, Fisheries and Practices Described in Kaao Hooniua Puuwai no Ka Miki -- 10 -- Accounts of Niuhi Shark Hunting in “He Moolelo Kaao no Kekuhaupio, Ke Koa Kaulana o ke Au o Kamehameha ka Nui” -- 20 -- H.W. Kinney’s “Visitor’s Guide” (1913) -- 24 -- Kapalilua Fishery Rights And Land Tenure Defined -- 26 -- Mahele Aina: Deve...

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... he was unable to locate a sheltered anchorage and consequently sailed north for five days until he could drop anchor in a sound he was later to name Shark’s Bay due to the abundance of sharks his men caught with hook and line. Accompanying his men ashore during their fruitless searches for water, Dampier observed and noted in his journal the plants and animals of the are...

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...7"-screen with Dolby stereo sound; and the deadly cold killing machines of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. One minute he could see what was going... ...she was at least this. She'd be happy if she could keep the barracudas and sharks off of her genie- man. Marilyn stood, in her daughter's head again. ...

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...ial alms, two dogs copulating, and all, were dwarfed in advertisements for shark fins for the man with refined taste, Electric piecemeal billboards fo... ...age that will make your body feel in ways you've never imagined," said the shark restaurant worker who made a commission luring those of supercilious ... ... of supercilious tastes to a cuisine laced in marginal traces of mercury. "Shark Fins this way," said the tuc tuc driver eager to compound a taxi fee ...

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... of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin‘d salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg‘d i‘ the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew...

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...oning look, I jumped to my feet and dashed for the pile of burning metal. I twisted my body through a jagged opening and climbed inside, ignoring the shark-like metal teeth tearing at my skin and clothes, then dove through the fire and smoke, searching desperately for Val. My hands dived right in, ignoring the searing pain that ran up my arms from when I’d tried to shield ...

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...ila. 127 -- How the Gods Made People. 133 -- The Sacred Breadfruit Tree. 136 -- Some Tricks of Kamapuaa. 138 -- Why Hilu Fish Are Striped. 144 -- The Sharks of Puuloa. 148 -- The Pipi of Puuloa. 154 -- Kaehu and the Man-Eater. 156 -- The Song of the Kapa Log. 158 -- Paalua and Kawelu. 163 -- The Kauila Trees of Mauna Loa. 173 -- Pepe and Nui. 177 -- The Mischievous Boy of ...

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...- Lono The Thunderer. 31 -- Ku The Erect. 32 -- Kane The Procreator. 33 -- Kanaloa, Lord Of Ocean. 34 -- Names That Confer Status. 35 -- Forms. 35 -- Sharks. 35 -- Caterpillar. 37 -- Bitter Gourd. 38 -- Psychic Aspect Of Community Relationship. 39 -- Iv. The Kinship System. 40 -- Table I. Kinship Terms, Hawaiian And Maori. 42 -- Relationship. 42 -- Grandparents And Grandch...

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... To Kilauea.. 81 -- A Controversy With A Priestess Of Pele.. 82 -- Rum Worse Than Pele. 83 -- Pele Still Dreaded.. 84 -- Bones Thrown To Pele And The Sharks.. 85 -- Levi Chamberlain's Account Of Kapiolani And Pete's Priestess (1824). 85 -- J.F. Goodrich's Account Of The Missionary Visit In 1823 And Description Of Kilauea In 1825. 86 -- Botanist, James Macrae At Kilauea In ...

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...he place names are well known and appreciated. Pele, the volcano goddess who turned so many luckless people into stones, is still feared and revered; sharks are sometimes considered protective; and the mischievous, sexually insatiable pig-man, Kama-pua a, delights and amuses. Most places on the Mainland seem, by comparison, barren and bereft of traditions older than those ...

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... 1996; March 16, 2001;-And April 27, 2003. 37 -- Kaulupulehu Ma Ka aina Kaha--Opelu Fisheries, Wai opae, Ka Hana Paakai (Salt Making); -- And Deified Sharks:-Oral History Interview With Kupuna- Valentine K. Ako,-Margie Kaholo-Kailianu, David Keakealani, Caroline Keukealani-Pereira,-Arthur "Aka" Mahi, Joseph Puipui Makaai, Rose Pilipi-Maeda,-And Family Members With Kepa Mal...

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...em. 12 They rushed forward and hid behind Finbo s tail. The next moment, a big shark raced toward them, with his mouth wide open. The moment he saw F... ...his eyes bulged out and his mouth dropped. 13 Finbo grunted once. The big, bad shark took one sharp look at Finbo from the corner of his eyes, and va... ... his tail, couldn t believe their eyes. They were amazed to see how the big bad shark ran away as he saw their friend, Finbo. 15 They were very proud...

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...Feng-po's remained still. They knew Yolbas and his followers as eels and sharks, always self-serving. While Ao Rue might jokingly contend that he ... ...ion! He and his walrus-brained thugs just left Kuan-ti to lie there like shark vomit!" "Easy, easy," Feng-po tried to calm his distraught friend. ... ...; keeping him insecure and off balance is. As long as his self-esteem is shark vomit, he's easy to discredit. You saw what we did to him at the la... .... We can worry about cosmetics later. Our biggest worry right now is if shark chum can remember the speech." As if Lei-kung's insult was a cue, ... ...ed it aside, wondering where that odd, popular expression had come from. Shark entrails! That broke it. Doubt spoils all. Now, I can't push the ... ...see the chain of bursts that took her and the dragonettes into oblivion. Shark guts, what a waste! Teach me to put someone as stupid as Yün-t'ung ... ...r, my majestic lord, torn like a piece of seaweed, thrown to those winged sharks. Oh, how they fed; how they cried their joy." "Do or die!" "Wha...