Word: pars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week that Canada and Great Britain would soon revalue their currency upwards. Reason: the trade position of Canada and the sterling area countries has greatly improved in the last year. As a result, the Canadian dollar, selling for 90? of the U.S. dollar, would be placed on a par with it; the value of the pound would be increased to around $3 from the current $2.80. The British government denied the rumor; the Canadians were...
...Formerly," he said, "we used to have a great many boys who were the physical equals of almost any freshman team. Now, we find a large number of our boys graduate when they are 17; or barely 18. When we get back to a physical par with the freshmen, we will be able to play any freshman teams...
Independent of each other, nearly all the vendors had the same idea. Today most books for sale around the Square are going at ten percent below par...
...doing, the experts overlooked another kind of performance. Beverly Hanson, 23, of Fargo, N.D., carried less brilliance in her bag, but she seldom strayed from par or from the fairways. In her own steady fashion, the lanky North Dakota girl had won seven of the nine tournaments she entered this year, and she was coolly bent on taking No. 10. In the final, while little Mae made most of the spectacular shots, Beverly Hanson held to her sure, unshowy game, was 4 up after 18. On the 32nd, where Mae topped her brassie shot and recovered for a par...
...Baltimore, Veteran Lloyd Mangrum came from behind-on the last round to win $2,600 and the Eastern Open Golf Championship with a nine-under-par...