Word: hook
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Federal Communications Commission should be explored. In order to provide two-way television, classrooms should be equipped for transmission as well as reception. With two-way television, any given classroom is part of the educational television network of the other classrooms and therefore children at one end of a hook-up are able to participate actively in a lesson originating at the other end. Where it is possible, the non-public schools should be included in the system...
...deep, don't eat rabbits. But do the marlin know it? Hosting, the Second Annual Governors Invitational Marlin Tournament at Ocean City, Maryland's pixyish Governor J. Millard Tawes, 72, arrived with a "secret weapon"-a lure made from a rabbit's foot with a hook in it. Presto! Barely five minutes after Tawes got out to the fishing grounds, a 7-ft. 4-in. marlin hurled itself at his line. "My goodness!" exclaimed Tawes, and pumped in the prize. No one else got even a sniff from a fish until just before the 3 p.m. quitting...
...show is one of the few American institutions that have not changed since 1934, save for the fact that the Hour was trimmed to 30 minutes and Mack compassionately eliminated the gong that Major Bowes used as a hook. In an average week, 450 people are auditioned by Mack's nationwide talent scouts, but only nine appear in the two-minute performances. Mack, 62, is so well known that when he walks down the street, would-be artists often start dancing or singing for him. He keeps his home address in New York's Westchester County a secret...
...quite possible that both Malik and the Sultan, working together, will be able to get Indonesia off the hook for the $450 million in payment on foreign loans coming due this year. Even that will be little more than a start, for to get the economy moving again will require an enormous package of $500 million of fresh aid, and that kind of money is not easy to find. Before dumping good money after bad, the U.S. is cautiously waiting to see whether the stabilizers mean business...
...Keyes literary style, which is as smooth as clabber, is to hook connective tissue to a lavish collection of cliches. No doubt the hundreds that occur in her book have been worn even smoother by constant use. "Unseemly behavior," "ulterior motive," "the bond of affection," "spread like wildfire," "fraught with danger," "outraged dignity," "food for thought," "kicking over the traces," "nefarious scheme," "accepted with alacrity," "wild disorders," "the handwriting on the wall," "a figment of imagination," "travel-stained "garments," "the unvarnished truth," "failing fast," "a kind and devoted husband," "their fury knew no bounds," "by hook or crook"-they...