Word: sia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...airlines finally had enough cash to replace their aging, noisy and fuel-inefficient fleets. At last, this dream seems to be becoming reality. Last month Pan Am signed a $500 million contract with Lockheed for twelve wide-bodied TriStar L-1011s, and last week small, state-owned Singapore Airlines (SIA) stole Pan Am's headlines. It placed with Boeing the richest order in commercial aviation history: $900 million for 13 jumbo 747s and six medium-range 727s. Gleefully grabbing the record claimed weeks earlier by Lockheed executives, Boeing insisted: "This is the 'order of the century...
...program opened with the Sinfonia from Bach's Cantata No. 209, 'Non sa che sia dolore', written about 1730 in Leipzig. The cantata itself is based on an actual incident--a friend is leaving Germany for his native Italy, and Bach wants to wish him well, despite the sadness in parting. The Sinfonia, in B minor, sets this tone, and somehow greatly resembles the first movement of the D minor violin concerto...
...Rick Sia, who authored both articles on this page, is Associate City Editor of The Crimson...
Finally, an article on Hawaii by Richard Sia demonstrates the federal government's willingness to treat even areas of the Union as parts on an empire rather than as co-equal partners...
Crimson staff Richard Sia, a resident of Hawaii, has spent the last three summers as a full-time reporter for The Honolulu Advertiser...