Word: pioneering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shows up, even if that means bringing in a second plane for a single passenger. It has also poured on the extras: snacks, free drinks and newspapers, and two additional inches of legroom. Despite a few opening- day glitches -- the terminal is still under construction -- most Pan Am pioneer passengers seemed pleased. As he boarded the 8:30 a.m. Pan Am shuttle to Washington, Investment Banker Michael Duval noted sternly, "If Eastern doesn't have this kind of competition, the shuttle will go back to being the old hate-your-customer airline...
...Harvard's Stephanie Salinas spiked the ball between two Pioneer defenders to tie the match at 13-13. The Crimson used spiking and timely blocking to nab the second...
...Harvard's Suzie Tapson got tired of Smith's scoring streak, and slammed one off a Pioneer defender to give the Crimson a 15-6 victory...
Sometimes the job of founding a company and building it into an industry giant is the easy part. The real challenge is letting go. Returning CBS Chairman William S. Paley, who turns 85 this month, has long been revered as the nation's most influential broadcast pioneer. But last week's events marked yet another odd, and somehow poignant, twist in the saga of Paley's long, long goodbye...
...embraces a surprising variety of musical styles. Most regressively Californian are the environmental soundscapes of Steve Halpern, 39, a New Age pioneer with 35 albums to his credit. Then there are the grandiose synthesized symphonies of Jean-Michel Jarre (Oxygene) and the film scores of Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner). There are the strongly defined melody and deceptive, stutter-step 5/4 rhythm of Jobson's piano waltz Disturbance in Vienna, which also turn up on his new synthesizer album Theme of Secrets. There are the down-home guitar serenades of Folk Veteran Leo Kottke. And there is Hwong...