Word: preyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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David Lurie is a gentle, sickly, abnormally intelligent child of the '30s, the natural prey of every strep germ and street bully in The Bronx. He is also a born survivor, protected by a warm and lively Orthodox Jewish family, and his narrative's interest turns not so much on whether David will escape his perils as on what he perceives with his wonderfully penetrating gaze. He sees, before anyone teaches him, the letters of two alphabets, Hebrew and English, and the intricate manner in which they relate. He sees his father, first as a vigorous, powerful...
...Princeton Tigers got what they deserved last week. Looking forward to today's "championship" showdown with preseason favorite Brown, the Tigers fell prey to what all contenders fear most: an unwanted, unpleasant, and totally unnecessary loss to a last-place team...
...Place to Be Somebody. Pulitzer prize-winning play by Charles Gordone about blacks in Harlem who fall prey to the "Charlie fever"--(reverse racism). Directed by Karl Bostic. At the Loeb Ex, October 30--November 1. Tickets available free at the box office the day preceeding each performance...
Scapegoat hunters do not lack prey. They blame clerical advocates of the "new morality" and churches that have lost moral purpose; advocates of relativist philosophies; "anything goes" parents and children on drugs; the Supreme Court for having taken God and prayer out of the schools; the media for portraying and even touting vice and violence; Watergaters for shattering youth's idealism; those responsible for slums, where evil is bred. Fewer prepare themselves for personal ethical rebirth...
...works covering an eight-year period, Horner has identified a syndrome to which she says only women fall prey--that is, the motive to avoid success...