Word: par
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...apparently was not, 4.2, * while far short of the great variety shows' ratings which soar into the 30s, is about equal to the 4 average of the highly popular Philadelphia Orchestra. But NBC officials, smoked out, declared that Toscanini's rating was 9.1, which is on a par with the score of the New York Philharmonic's Sunday afternoon broadcasts...
Since France's monetary fears were on a par with her military fears, M. Georges Bonnet (called last year from his post as Ambassador at Washington to become Finance Minister) was promoted to be Minister of State and Financial Coordinator. He neatly defined his new job: "It has been said that in a neighboring country [Germany] it became necessary to choose between butter and cannon. Cannon were chosen. Here in France we want both butter and cannon. It is a difficult task...
Affecting about 45 men, a restoration of pay cuts made during the Depression years is intended to put salary scales on a par with revisions made by the University for all other employees doing similar work...
...What do you mean by calling the Post's Associate Editor Joseph Bryan "par-simonious...
...Biltmore Open. He had won $2,000 in two weeks, had played twelve rounds of grueling competitive golf with an average of less than 69 strokes a round. In the Miami Open he had reached his peak when he zoomed away from the field to finish 13 strokes under par, scoring a 68, 67, 66, 66. Sam Snead became a nationwide sensation...