"dollar per" and sacred cows

[Victor Steinbok]

"Early" truncation example from 1920 NYT? I only found this because the
sentence immediately preceding the "dollar per" refers to steaks from
sacred cows.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E7DA173AEE32A2575BC2A9659C946195D6CF

> Why these steaks, ranging from 90 cents to $2? Are they all reverently
> removed from sacred cows? What mean these soups, these vegetables,
> these deserts, which apparently are kept from costing a *dollar per*
> only by tremendous will power on the part of those who compose New
> York's menus?

     VS-)

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