kahuna

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Every sort of kahuna was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being indicated by a qualifying word, as kahuna anaana_, sorcerer, kahuna kalai wa'a_, canoe-maker Kai (pr.

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  • "The big kahuna was those Venezuelan tankers," former Congressman Joe Kennedy said. —  New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com
  • This is what my gut tells me, and Macworld's Chris Breen thinks so, too: Apple isn't going to let the nano steal the spotlight from its precious big-kahuna iPod that got all of this started. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Bordintoon, I-Mono-I, kahuna, dorara, lomlom, xtraart, pig, xenon_art, onizza, —  MoDaCo WinMo News
  • My headline could easily apply to many races around the country, but let's talk about it in the context of the big kahuna: the presidential election. —  Maria Energia
  • Instead of finding Hawaii as big kahuna, Italy took the lead. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
 

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