Word: par
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this Administration." The Herbert Hoover his listeners saw was not the grey-faced, discouraged oldster of 58 who drove down Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue and out of public life on March 4, 1933, but a vigorous figure of 61 with rosy cheeks filled out to their rotund par. The Hoover health had been restored solely by short morning walks near his Palo Alto home with his elkhounds "Weegie" and "Negri," by 45 min. drives up to San Francisco in his tan Buick touring car, Mr. Hoover at the wheel. The Hoover state of mind, while still definitely solemn...
...corporation paid the city 97¢ on the dollar, then resold the bonds to bankers at 92¢, pocketing the loss because the proceeds were used to complete civic improvement promised lot-owners. Another $4,500,000 issue, which the corporation purchased from the city for a little less than par, cost the Merrick concern nearly $1,000,000 to market. A fee of $600,000 was necessary to persuade the bankers to take it at any price. Hundreds of thousands were lavished on promotion. Out of the goodness of his heart William Jennings Bryan gave 50 bond salesmen special fight talks...
According to Charles R. (Clonel Break-It-Up) Apted '06, superintendent of care-takers par excellence, between 30 and 60 tons of "junk" were removed from dormitories in the Yard last spring between the time the Freshman Class vacated the promises and the members of 1910, the reining aggregation, took up residence...
...other attractions on the program are more educational than stimulating. A "short" on animal growth is happily offset by an excellent Mickey Mouse, while the newsreel is less stereotyped than usual. This week's program at the Fine Arts is not up to par; but the season is till young, and there is ample time for improvement...
...based on the solid fact that most of the nationally known U. S. breweries are family-owned. Until last week not a single beer security was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The first such listing, almost two years after Repeal, was 390,412 shares of no-par stock of small Pfeiffer Brewing Co. of Detroit...