Word: lating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...death knell was tolling for Belgian colonialism, too. Last week from Brussels, Belgian Minister of the Congo Auguste de Schrijver (rhymes with driver) broadcast the most conciliatory message yet to the freedom-hungry Congolese. But the words he used, though unthinkable a year ago, already seemed to come too late...
...check their findings, Beltsville's men dosed plants with red light at all hours of the night. Fooling plants into believing the nights were longer or shorter than they really were seasonally, the scientists were able to make plants bloom months early or late. They have so efficiently programed some pine trees that they grew only 8 in. in four years-responding to the signal that it is winter, no time for growth-while their unmolested neighbors rose...
Carol Stubblefield, 24, wife of an Idaho beet farmer, knew she was going to have twins, but not until they were born a month prematurely in late June, did she know that they were joined ("Siamese"). The high-powered surgical squad that prepared to separate Jeanett Kim from Denett Lin Stubblefield at the University of Oregon Hospitals in Portland knew that it would be an immensely difficult task, but not until the operation was far advanced did they know how difficult...
...Crimson suffered its first beating at the hands of a Dartmouth eleven. The Indians took a 6-0 lead on a touchdown and conversion after five minutes of the first quarter, and held the varsity on even terms until they pushed over another touchdown late in the fourth period. It was not a particularly good year for the Crimson; the team lost to Yale that fall...
Dartmouth made its score late in the third period, capitalizing on a fumbled kick at Harvard's 25. Although the kick was forced by a strong defensive stand, the Crimson line was unable to prevent John Appleford from going for a touchdown on the next play...