Word: pars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unless the U.S. demonstrated that it intended to keep the dollar stable. The U.S. did just this by raising the discount rate, thus averted possible speculative pressure on the dollar. In so acting, Martin and his governors placed the nation's international monetary policy at least on a par with the needs of the domestic economy...
...million skiers on New England slopes last winter, it is clear that skiing must now be classified as a mass sport. While the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley established America's ski terrain as equal to Europe's best, the 1964 games proved that American skiers were on a par with the crack Europeans. Olympic publicity in 1960 boomed interest in the sport the following winter, and there is every reason to expect the coming season to benefit in the same...
...Jack Nicklaus: the Australian Open Golf Championship, with a sizzling five-under-par 67 in an 18-hole playoff against Aussie Pro Bruce Devlin. The money was measly ($1,787), but it was Jack's first win in three trips Down Under, and the first U.S. victory in the Open since Gene Sarazen...
...began before World War II, when teen-age daughters from different lands swapped places and parents, took on household and child-care chores in return for bed, board and the chance to learn a new language. The system was called au pair (on a par) because, it was hoped, the new member of the family would be treated as if she be longed there...
Beard runs less than Gottschall, but his companions in the Tomahawk backfield are almost on a par with their counterparts on the two-way unit. Halfback Paul Klungness has averaged 6.4 yards a carry for a total of 39 yards. Fullback Irv Burkholder has a 5.3 average...