Word: preying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alley near the Continental Trailways station. "Those damn chumps," he says, gritting his teeth, "took every goddam penny. I'm gonna kill 'em." Violence is a constant threat to the homeless. It's only a matter of time before newcomers are beaten, robbed or raped. The young prey on the old, the big on the small, and groups attack lonely individuals in the back alleys and subway tunnels. After it's over, there is no one to tell about the pain, nothing to do but walk away...
...rangy sunflower or the homespun black-eyed Susan. "Most of the beautiful roses we cherish are European roses," said Stanwyn Shetler of the National Museum of Natural History, who testified against the rose and advocated, instead, the phlox. Moreover, like many homegrown American products, the new symbol is prey to foreign infestation, the rose's principal enemy being the Japanese beetle. Despite a few cavils, there seems little doubt that President Reagan will sign the bill. Being a master of the symbolic gesture, Reagan will surely do the honors on his home turf: the White House Rose Garden...
...meeting with Botha that one of King's aides brought the message that she would not keep the appointment. The President said her absence was caused by "those who find themselves in a make-believe world of political fraud." For his part, Buthelezi charged that King had fallen prey to the "internecine political feuding which so lamentably characterizes black South African politics...
...special effects. Watch closely for Brundlefly's agile wall climbing. Close your eyes during the hallucinatory sequence in which Cronenberg, as an obstetrician, helps Veronica give birth to a 20-in.-long bouncing baby maggot. And be alerted that this insect consumes food by spewing formic acid on its prey; it makes for a very messy lunch...
...Brett has shaped a chilling psychological mystery. His cunning tale opens on the discovery of a gruesome murder, with details of the victim and perpetrator withheld. It soon develops that both must be part of the triangle, but Brett defines his characters so that any combination of killer and prey seems possible. That is a neat trick, but it is also a persuasive metaphor for Brett's underlying theme: that most of mankind is tortured by dark impulses and that chance plays a major role in determining which people actually commit crimes...