tahiti
tuh hee tee
- n an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
tahiti :
Search Words
News & Articles
- Tahiti living large despite losing big in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Tahiti’s national soccer team is living large despite losing big. The players from the tiny island in the South Pacific, a group of amateurs and one just professional, have caused a stir in the world of big-time soccer this week, winning over fans at the Confederations Cup and even living up to Brazil’s image of the “Beautiful Game.” Tahiti didn’t beat world champion Spain on ...
June 22, 2013 - Standard-Examiner - Tahiti’s 10-goal loss was a 10-goal win
Tahiti’s 10-goal loss was a 10-goal win by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 22, 2013 02:10PM MDT Some Tahitians stood in the center of a soccer Mecca in Rio de Janeiro about 10 feet away from the history’s most dominant and talented national team. Those 10 feet eventually would tell more of a story than you’d think. Spain, the defending World Cup champions and two-time ...
June 22, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune - Tahiti's the 1962 Metsof the soccer world
Tahiti's soccer team is losing big but living large.
June 22, 2013 - Louisville Courier-Journal
Quotes
- John Edwards in The Age
I will only support the candidate who promises to make me a spy. That would be so cool,Edwards said, offering to go on one mission a month "some place awesome like Prague or a moon base. But I will accept Tahiti or the Riviera." - Damien Hobgood in Ninemsn
I am still hoping to make Tahiti,Hobgood said. "If I can paddle, the injury is not in that critical of a spot, so if there is any way that I can surf I will be there." - Dan Gelber in Kansas City Star
I can't imagine him relaxing for too long. He's not the kind of guy to go to Tahiti ...... with drinks with little umbrellas in them,said state Rep. Dan Gelber. "He relished work, he likes to have goals and charge a hill, and being out of...