Word: par
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improved tremendously in the past 10 years," says Robert Knoll, director of the auto test division of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine. He notes that certain American models, such as the four-cylinder Plymouth Acclaim-Dodge Spirit twins or the full-size Buick LeSabre, are on a par with average Japanese quality. Yet Detroit, overall, "still has a ways to go, because the Japanese keep improving too," he says. For example, Consumer Reports noted in April that new U.S. cars had only a third as many problems in 1990 as in 1980. Great news -- except that it still...
Loyola is a very capable team. While they may not be on par with the squad that reached the national semi-finals last year, they are well-balanced and very talented. The Lady Greyhounds have earned their number 12 national ranking with a perfect record on the road, where they have won five games...
...course, with fifth-seed Carrie Cunningham staying home because of illness and second-seed Mary Greenhill defaulting in her final round because of a pulled hamstring, the Crimson could not be expected to play up to par...
...Feldstein received the John Bates Clark award, a prestigious honor on a par with the Nobel Prize in economics...
That the troops are not heroes does not imply that they are villains on a par with those who direct the war. Mr. Katz says that refusing to fight "may be a difficult decision, and the consequences may be severe. But with so many lives at stake, the choice--maybe a 'heroic' one--must be made by each and every soldier...