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He adds that the wind-power plan is pono - a Hawaiian word meaning "righteous" or "morally proper."
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He adds that the wind-power plan is pono - a Hawaiian word meaning "righteous" or "morally proper."
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He adds that the wind-power plan is pono - a Hawaiian word meaning "righteous" or "morally proper."
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Evans describes her decision with the Hawaiian word, "pono," meaning right time, right place.
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"Being a state representative for me is 'pono' at this time in my life," she said.
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(Belief in change is instilled in the heart) 'Oiai mau ke ea o ka' aina i ka pono
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The motto “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”) is written on a sash under the scene.
Important Hawaii Proofs in Long Beach Auction : Coin Collecting News
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Now, it seems to me that the Vulgate does a very ingenious thing by translatingκειμενον as positum (– us) (from pono) simply “put” or “laid,” but linking this basic term toεντετυλιγμενον by choosing involutum (involutus, – a, – um), which means literally hidden, obscured, or veiled.
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Now, it seems to me that the Vulgate does a very ingenious thing by translatingκειμενον as positum (– us) (from pono) simply “put” or “laid,” but linking this basic term toεντετυλιγμενον by choosing involutum (involutus, – a, – um), which means literally hidden, obscured, or veiled.
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"We are now engaged in a conversation in Hawaii with one another, as to whether or not we are truly going to live in a pono fashion, in the right fashion," said Abercrombie in an interview.
Hawaii's Aloha spirit is being tested in Democratic primary for governor
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