They sold off their holdings last year when the bonds traded above par.

The Nicklaus numbers today were 39-37-76, and his three-round total of 218 is eight above par.

More than a third of the 90-player field - 38 golfers - played it above par.

For bonds trading at or above par (so that), duration increases with maturity and approaches this limit from below.

It is a reopened issue that is trading above par, or $100.

This is the kind of film that would prompt the movie industry trade papers to say "technical credits above par."

However, it was not enough to lift the Government's bellwether 8 7/8 percent 30-year bond above par.

"He's not going to get much above par," one executive familiar with the deal said of Mr. Reichmann.

With all recycling factors above par, one pilfered fruit probably wouldn't trigger catastrophe.

The jeans maker's bonds are trading above par, even in a badly depressed market.