Word: latches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took Schine some time to latch on to this method. Until then he apparently had some difficulty with getting his work done, so much difficulty in fact that he was forced to leave college in the spring of 1946. There is some question about whether he actually flunked out or left by some sort of mutual agreement with the college. Those who knew him say his grades that first year were almost all D's and E's. Apparently they were not so bad that the college gave up on him, however, because he was readmitted in the fall...
...choosing call letters, many stations have managed to latch on to complete words (e.g., WANT, KING, WREN, KID, KEEP). Others seek home-town identification with abbreviations or by using the first three letters of their respective cities, as WBAL in Baltimore and WNYC for New York's municipal station. None has surpassed the simplicity of station WACO in Waco, Texas...
Despite the decision, Dunster gates are still the most wide open of all the river barriers. They close at 12:45 a.m., and Fair said last night he may extend the curiew until 1:15. Other river Houses drop the latch early in the evening...
Elaborating on her character's gold digging activities, Miss Channing remarked: "In Lorelei's era, before income taxes, there were loads of diamonds floating around. I think any girl who didn't latch on to some was a fool...
...trail of such a monster eel. He thinks that the Galathea did not search in the right places. The deeps are too poor in food to support large creatures. On some future expedition he hopes to comb the more promising waters of the continental slopes, and perhaps latch on to a grown-up eel as big as the legendary sea serpent...