Word: preyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dead. Still alive at 86, he retired eight years ago, now lives in senile seclusion on his French estate at Balincourt. To pacifists the single-handed murderer of millions, to Reds a mummified museum-piece of capitalism, to fellow-tycoons a poor old rich boy, Zaharoff remains a juicy prey for some future historian. Much has been said and written about him during his long life, but most of the facts remain conjectural...
...Negro suffers much injustice at the hands of white men in the deep South, and even more at the hands of the professional organizers of his own race who take advantage of the love of regalia and high-sounding titles and prey...
...occupies himself with the search for a victime, most preferably someone ordinary, commonplace, average, whom he can observe and follow for a sufficiently soul-filling time before he strikes the blow. Up to a certain point "King Coffin's" plans go well; he has lured his prey here and there; he has him at his absolute mercy. Then a swift change of events alters the whole aspect of the situation. Ammen begins to regain his sanity...
...title, Baron Tweedsmuir, "sounds like some new kind of suiting," but most of them were in a mood to greet indulgently the smallish, sharp-nosed, pucker-lipped Scot. Due to land at Quebec on Oct. 24 from the Empress of Britain, Lord & Lady Tweedsmuir were the prey of seafaring autograph hunters this week. Bandied merrily were the Scottish jokes which the brilliant historian, novelist and Governor-General is so adept at working in at a captain's dinner...
...training pigeons and the Greeks used pigeons to carry the names of Olympic winners to various cities. The French pigeon post during the Siege of Paris in 1871 was so successful that the Germans employed hawks and falcons to interrupt the service. Best means of frightening away birds of prey is to provide pigeons with bells and whistles...