Word: subpar
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...popularity among golf devotees. He smiles as he wins, just as he smiled when he was losing. And lately he's been winning a lot, pocketing more than $1 million already this year, with three tournament titles in the bag, and playing 28 rounds out of 40 in the subpar 60s -- an unbelievable streak of excellence...
...drama of the goal overshadowed an otherwise subpar performance from the Crimson...
...health and pension plans during the previous three years. They could now legally be paid just $6 an hour, or $240 a week, about half the amount that "A" workers received. In essence, says Bennett, those who had been cheated before 1989 were being cheated again by being paid subpar wages as "new" employees...
...part to a warm winter and reduced demand driven by the recession. When Iraq and Kuwait start pumping again, the sudden glut could force prices down temporarily to $15 per bbl. or less. That would wash away the industry's profit gains of last quarter and further lower its subpar returns. Warns Unocal chairman Richard Stegemeier: "Instability is coming, and the industry doesn't do well in turbulent times...
There are, however, niggling concerns. Skeptics are worried that the cost of re-educating hundreds of subpar graduates will burden weary teachers, not to mention the taxpayers who foot the bill for retraining. But to date, extra expenses have been minimal. Montrose County, Colo., has had 3 of 600 graduating students "returned" since it started issuing warranties in 1988. Other districts have had none...