Word: par
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Removal of exchange controls, to let Canada's dollar seek its own level (which would be well below U.S. par...
...squad isn't up to par," Mikkola asserted last night. "Tufts is strong and 'The Cross' usually has some swift trackmen. We can't be expected to do very well...
What kills the passengers when an airplane crashes? to the nonscientific layman, that question might seem on a par with "What causes death to the fly when a flyswatter mashes it?'' But the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory was interested in the scientific, not the commonsensible answer. If there is no fire, the Cornell investigators decided, the leading cause of death is cracked skulls. So the laboratory, backed by the Navy, set out to learn how a human skull cracks, and how to prevent it. Last week the experimenters described some of their findings...
...Villa-Lobos says. "You feel it." The music he feels is all the music of his own country. He grows angry when an unwary guest tells him that he sometimes sounds like a Brazilian Gershwin ("A child compared to me"), would be better pleased to be put on a par with Stravinsky ("Formidable!"). Actually, at his best, Villa-Lobos is like no one but himself. Says he: "I only ask that the maker of a piece of music be original. I do not care to walk in company with routine...
...Drizzle. Two days later, after taking their semifinal matches with little trouble, Willie Turnesa and Ray Billows teed off for the 36-hole finals. The long, exhausting tournament was telling on both of the contestants. Turnesa played the morning round in 74 and Billows in 77 (par: 70). At the halfway mark, Willie...