Word: pars
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...Saturday, Wente had the biggest game of his life, single-handedly keeping his team in the game. He had 22 points to lead all scorers, and picked up the slack left by players who had sub-par games, like guards Ahmed El-Nokali and C.J. Chapman...
...signing, Woods retreated to the trainer's room, gloomily setting his odds of playing in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am as slim. But when tee time came the next day, Tiger was there, bravely playing through the pain on his way to a six under par 66. "It felt sore, yes," said Woods. "But when it's time to play, it's time to play." Spoken like a true golfer...
Harvard students fall far short of matching their national counterparts for the frequency of their binge drinking, but they are almost exactly on par with national averages for secondhand effects of alcohol...
...response to Ross Douthat's column, "Looking Backwards" (Editorial, Jan. 17): Somehow I doubt that people back in 1900 were walking around thinking (in French), "Gee, the culture today is positively glittering, on par with the Italian Renaissance, and perhaps even comparable to ancient Athens in breadth and splendor...
...Apple Venus Vol. 2" Although not quite on a par with the glory days of "Skylarking" or "Black Sea," the more rocking bookend to "Vol. 1" still stood out from the crowd with its riff-happy guitar-driven tunes and Andy Partridge's exceptional lyrical prowess. "Playground" is a textbook example of smart pop songwriting, which in the age of Britney Spears is increasingly becoming an oxymoron...