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  • You should be able to kill him, and if he calls Kono’s boat you will see it approach and Dorin can come and help you out.”

    The Japanese Corpse Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1977

  • Gone is the brute force of the Hawaiian native guy known only as "Kono," and in his place comes Grace Park as "Kona" Chin Ho's surfer, ass-whupping, police academy cousin who is smart and pretty.

    Brian Ross: Hawaii Five-O Measures a Different America 2010

  • Gone is the brute force of the Hawaiian native guy known only as "Kono," and in his place comes Grace Park as "Kona" Chin Ho's surfer, ass-whupping, police academy cousin who is smart and pretty.

    Brian Ross: Hawaii Five-O Measures A Different America 2010

  • Kona "Kono" Kalakaua Grace Park, a former pro surfer who is now a rookie cop, gets to ride the waves in itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikinis, and the scriptwriters don't have to stretch too far to give Alex O'Loughlin, who plays Steve McGarrett, an excuse to show off his hairy chest and oversized shoulder tattoos.

    Slate Magazine June Thomas 2011

  • The next day, back in Tokyo, I met with Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, a close friend, and apologized again and asked his advice about a way to handle the trial that would seem fair to the Japanese.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The next day, back in Tokyo, I met with Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, a close friend, and apologized again and asked his advice about a way to handle the trial that would seem fair to the Japanese.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The next day, back in Tokyo, I met with Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, a close friend, and apologized again and asked his advice about a way to handle the trial that would seem fair to the Japanese.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • In exchange, power companies were allowed to hold on to their regional monopolies, said Taro Kono, a lawmaker with the opposition Liberal Democratic Partywho has been among the few open critics of the industry in parliament.

    Nuclear Regulator Tied to Industry Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • It's a problem for the whole country, said Mr. Kono.

    Tsunami Zone Residents Scorn Tokyo Jockeying Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • Michihiro Kono , the president of Rikuzentakata-based soy sauce maker Yagisawa Shoten, said the bickering in Tokyo at a time when so many people in Rikuzentakata and other parts of northeastern Japan are suffering reflects a "lack of dignity" by the politicians.

    Tsunami Zone Residents Scorn Tokyo Jockeying Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

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