Word: sub-par
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...great diplomats know, however, success is not a permanent state. One double and one quadruple bogey on the front nine spelled disaster, and not even a sub-par 35 on the back nine could turn the tables yesterday...
Harvard, meanwhile, will have three doubtful or sub-par starters tonight as late-season injuries mount. Forward Jim Thomas, who received a deep eight-stitch cut over his left eye against Cornell in the ECACs; center Leigh Hogan, who has been nagged by a stomach musical pull and defenseman Ed Rossi, with a shoulder problem could all be watching most of the game from the bench...
Forget the Square: Both the drinks and the food are generally overpriced and sub-par. So where did you go? You could take a jaunt into Boston, but we'd recommend that you try Ken's Pub in Central Square first...
Alexis de Tocqueville foresaw that democracy would have the effect of flattening the peaks of excellence while elevating the sub-par or the average. The danger is that in glorifying the least common denominator, democracy mandates mediocrity. The hope is that such a system will encourage a universal standard of excellence in every pursuit. Tocqueville took it for granted that the leveling process in a democracy would produce a mean?but not a happy mean...
Standout Crimson southpaw Milt Holt had his seven-game winning streak snapped against Miami. Holt, who was in sub-par form, ran into trouble in the middle innings, giving up single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth...