The furnace with the hickory wood was at a great heat and in danger of an overburn.

When news of his wife’s murder spread around the media, he found himself in front of a press conference explaining his actions.

[He could choose] light-colored varieties of bananas such as the ha'a, iholena, loha, and lele; or dark-colored varieties such as the maoli, kahtki, puhi, koa'e, malei'ula, 'eke'ula, kaualau, popo'ulu, aulena, and others.

He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.