Word: preying
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plant called Venus' fly trap, a native of North Carolina, was called by the great Charles Darwin "one of the most wonderful in the world." It has a two-lobed leaf which, while waiting for prey, stands open like a gaping clam shell. From the edges of the leaf two rows of slender spikes project inward like teeth. Two or three sensitive hairs serve as a trigger mechanism. When an insect touches these, the lobes snap together, the spikes meshing to prevent escape. Then the leaf, says Miss Prior, "is converted into a virtual stomach and the glands...
...surprised to see that the Crimson has fallen prey to the same headline propaganda which at first affixed the "red" label to the Spanish Government; later, by a process of wish-thinking, won the war several times for the fascists; and now so gleefully sounds the funeral dirge of the Republic. The facts should be understood. Catalonia itself is not yet conquered, while the MadridValencia sector remains entirely firm. In the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, all but a very narrow strip of seacoast was taken, only to be won completely back within two years...
...autograph hounds, aged ten to 70, starts lining up outside the theatre entrance. As. taxis and limousines roll up, the audience's audience gurgles and gasps ("It's Elsa Maxwell!", "It's Freddie March!", "There's Dorothy Parker!"), then surges forward to nail its prey...
...objective lesson in concentration was provided for study-worn students by a hunting dog yesterday afternoon in front of the steps of Widener Library. Sighting his prey in the form of a lonely squirrel sitting at the base of one of the Yard elms, the dog immediately froze into a perfect point and remained without moving a muscle for the better part of a half-hour...
Doggedly the reporter trailed his prey to the Littauer Center at Harvard in the evening. Awaiting the chairman of the Democratic Committee were a select group of Government professors and Public Administration students. "It is strictly off the record," someone explained as the reporter tried to follow Farley through the door...