Word: approach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lines of approach to the problem: 1) the U.S. will not pay "blackmail" to get the Americans out, and although 2) the U.S. does not intend to use force to get them out, 3) the U.S. hopes to convince the kidnapers through patient diplomatic negotiation that kidnaping is "counterproductive," i.e., hardly puts Americans in the mood for any kind of concession...
Beadle believed that the easiest way into the chromosomes' citadel would be by finding mutations with single, simple effects on an organism's chemical behavior. This is the chemical approach that revolutionized genetics. Beadle did not really get to work on it until he went to Stanford in 1937 as a full professor, and he wasted several years more before he concluded that fruit flies (almost sacred animals with geneticists) are not the best subjects for chemical genetics...
Whether a customer wants to sell a house in which all the rooms are round (Previews sold one in New Jersey) or turn his farm into a tourist paradise, Previews' approach is the same. Previews gets 1½% of the asking price for handling a property on a three-year contract, advertises it with attractive brochures, often distributed to as many as 5,000 other brokers. When the property is sold, Previews picks up another 2½%. The local broker also gets a commission...
...restless Northern war veteran with a yen to revisit the South. If the carpetbagger's hand was plunged in the public till, his arm was frequently locked in that of a sly Southern collaborator who was only too happy to share the take. Unfortunately, Author Daniels' carpetsweeping approach to carpetbagger days often buries both his hero and his point in irrelevant memorabilia, including the names of countless small-fry politicos...
...until the 18th hole in the final round of the U.S. Golf Association's women's open did California's Mickey Wright, 23, admit to herself that she had a chance to win. Then she flubbed her approach shot and had to settle for a par. But she was still right where she had been all through the tournament-far in front. She finished five strokes ahead of Georgia's Louise Suggs, became the first woman ever to win the pro and open titles in the same season...