Word: exploited
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Denise and Alan Fields, parents of two and authors of the baby-product bible Baby Bargains ($15 at babybargainsbook.com) have helpfully outlined nursery necessities for first-time parents and their friends. Several products, they say, try to exploit parents' fears of sudden infant-death syndrome, or SIDS. "Breathable mattresses" can give parents the dangerous impression that babies can safely be placed on their stomachs. In fact, the rate of SIDS has been cut in half by parents simply placing their babies to sleep on their backs...
...trying to exploit this controversy for ratings success? The eye network does survive in the ratings wars between the Big Three, but just barely. And with flagships shows like "Touched by an Angel" and "60 Minutes," it often fails to capture the lucrative 18-49 demographic. So is CBS willing to air these shows which exploit their contestants in an attempt to win back the youth audience...
...Just as Harvard must benefit from time to time from its proximity to Route 128...so Stanford will naturally try to exploit Silicon Valley," Williams Professor of history and political science Roderick MacFarquhar wrote in an e-mail message...
...They're a very methodical team offensively," Anderson said. "We've got to be careful and exploit our opportunities because they'll exploit theirs...
...likes to sit in its offensive sets until a defender tires, and then it can exploit the opening for a score...