Word: preyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Michigan Tech defeated Yale, 7-3, in the other semifinal contest, and then edged Michigan, 3-2, to win the tournament. The Wolverines, after rallying to nip Harvard the previous night, fell prey to a Tech comeback, blowing a 2-0 lead in the final five minutes of play...
...Bring on the broads!" The request was more emphatic this time, as if the men sensed the inexperience of their prey. Their two lady friends, with let-out hems and lipstick on their teeth, shrieked their approval...
Drifting without an identity of her own, Tolstoy fell prey to the nemesis of sexist marriage. The holy imperative to devote one's soul to another human being whose primary devotion is to work brought possessiveness, analysis, self-reproach and despair. As if this weren't enough, Tolstoy's perceptiveness forced her to see the vicious source of the entire fiasco--woman's exclusion from meaningful work...
...danger. Ten million people still suffer from malnutrition and will need outside aid for at least two years. "Of the estimated 4 million refugees in grim, barren camps," reports TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs, "many are young children, their bodies already so malnourished that they are easy prey to diseases ranging from measles to meningitis to pneumonia. Often they find it too difficult to eat or drink with out assistance." At least 3 million nomads-mostly Fulani and Tuareg tribesmen-have lost their entire herds of cattle, sheep, goats and even camels. Though many nomads have begun returning to their traditional...
Wiped Out. Out of these insect caucuses comes an agreement to destroy all creatures that prey on ants. If the mantis and the spider are to be wiped out, can man be far behind? With all due secrecy and dispatch, Hubbs and Lesko set up a remote experimental site to find out. Their research leads them to some spooky conclusions, and the strain of it all tells on Hubbs, who at one point agonizes aloud about the ants: "What do they want? What are their goals...