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[Des Moines Register] (Thanks to David!) (Photo: wili hybrid)
- The Consumerist 2009
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The people of Mass. wili vote as they see fit but seriously!
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Note 142: CS 105; Proto-Wami * - wili "collective work"; e.g.,
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Amazing shot of San Francisco from the Marriott, by wili hybrid from Flickr, via SF Metblogs.
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At this point the airlines have been in and out of chapter 11 so often that nobody cares when it happens. wili Says:
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In proto-Ruvu communities and among their descendants such work parties were termed * - wili, although some time after the proto-Ruvu period eventual Gogo speakers termed them chisanji. 142 When Ruvu speakers described such efforts, they explained that people would put out a call for help with big projects like home building or harvesting and the community was obliged to help.
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Amazing shot of San Francisco from the Marriott, by wili hybrid from Flickr, via SF Metblogs.
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"May ay hindi isang supling ng damo na shoots hindi kawili-wili sa akin."
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Insulted by Kukuipahu, he goes to the uplands to test his strength, and sends his spear through 800 _wili-wili_ trees at once.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Under the spell of this poem, one is transported to the amphitheater of Mauna-wili, a valley separated from Waimanalo only by a rampart of hills.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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