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In the second act of “South Pacific,” the 1949 musical set on and around Thanksgiving, there’s a moment wherein Capt. Brackett, the commanding officer of wartime naval operations on this Pacific island, thanks his men and women for their military service...
Tags: South Pacific, Rosemont, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Entertainment Culture, Kelly Clarkson, Rosemont Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tonkinese, Year of birth missing, Becque, Thankful, Bartlett Sher
For 25 years warships had searched the South Pacific to bring the mutineers to justice but found no trace of them. Now, a naval officer’s logbook containing a brief account of the rediscovery of Pitcairn Island, where the mutineers led by Fletcher Christian...
Tags: HMS Bounty, Pitcairn Island, Fletcher Christian, pitcairn islands, Royal Navy, William Bligh, South Pacific, bounty mutinous, United Kingdom, Cambridge, The Bounty, Thursday October Christian, John Adams, Mutiny on the Bounty
Nothing highlights the growing importance of Central Asia in Washington more than the formation of a congressional caucus. The 21-member, bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Central Asia held its roll-out reception on November 18.
Tags: Central Asian Affairs, Congressional Caucus, Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Eni Faleomavaega, Washington, South Pacific, State Department, Politics, Kyrgyzstan, Landlocked countries, Eurasia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
New Zealand is preparing for some rare spring visitors. More than 100 icebergs that were first spotted off the coast of Macquarie Island, an Australian territory around 900 miles south east of Tasmania, are now thought to be only 200 miles away from New...
Tags: New Zealand, South Pacific, Antarctica, Stewart Island, ice shelves, antarctic ice, NZPA, Wellington, Environment, Iceberg, Physical oceanography, Ice shelves of Antarctica, Iceberg B-15, Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Icebergs, Ice, Sea ice, Ice shelf, Glaciology, Disaster Accident
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck at 1:47 am (1247 GMT Tuesday), Tongan officials said, but there were no reports of damage or injuries,...
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Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Rd., Rosemont Tickets: $39.50-$79.50 Phone: (800) 745-3000 As soon as director Bartlett Sher began rehearsals for the 2008 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" -- which, amazingly, marked...
Tags: Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Lincoln Center Theatre, world war, Bart Sher, war ii, Bartlett Sher, Nellie Forbush, David Pittsinger, national tour, New York City, Oklahoma!, Musical theatre, Hair, Bali Ha'i, Broadway musicals, South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Entertainment Culture
Legends of the ‘‘loaves and fishes’’ and the ‘‘Garden of Eden’’ came to mind as the South Pacific paradise suddenly appeared from my aeroplane window. The Australian territory measures just 8km by 5km but its cobalt-blue waters and lush...
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The fact that she is the youngest contestant vying for the prestigious 2009 Miss South Pacific title will not be a setback for Miss Kiribati, Taumiri Tetuai...She just completed Year 13 at Pukekohe High School in New Zealand where she studied English,...
Tags: Taumiri Tetuai, miss south, south pacific, New Zealand, Auckland, Gilbertese language, Suva, Outline of Kiribati, Foreign relations of Kiribati, Kiribati, Micronesia, Republics
Silver-blue and shaped like a miniature torpedo, the albacore tuna is one of nature's great migrants. Fast and tough, it spends life on a constant journey, covering thousands of miles each year to gorge on anchovy, squid, and small crustaceans that inhabit...
Tags: Jack Webster, American Albacore Fishing Association, AAFA, San Diego, tin tuna, South Pacific, canned tuna, Sport fish, Hawaiian cuisine, Tuna, Albacore, Chicken of the Sea, Scombridae, Fisheries, Fish products
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared a "major disaster" in the US territory of American Samoa, where a struck after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. Obama's action frees up federal funds for disaster relief and other aid. The Federal Emergency Management...
Tags: American Samoa, South Pacific, Pacific Warning Centre, Barack Obama, Samoa, Apia, Polynesia, Upolu, Samoan Islands, Tsunamis, Samoa earthquake, Disaster Accident, Environment