Word: preying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strategic places on the rim of California's San Joaquin Valley, men kneel in gravelike pits. Camouflaged with grass, they await their prey. A stillborn calf lies as bait within inches of each of the earthen blinds. Nearby, other men squat beside a row of four metal cannons, ready to fire weights attached to a 40-ft. by 50-ft. net. Frustrated, they all scan the sky, hoping that the wintry clouds collecting on the horizon do not close in. The 20-lb. Gymnogyps californianus rarely seeks food on stormy days...
...corporate blue bloods that have been bought or agreed to be acquired in 1985 include many of the biggest names in U.S. business. In the food industry, Nabisco was consumed by R.J. Reynolds, General Foods fell prey to Philip Morris, and Beatrice is going private in a leveraged buyout, a defensive tactic against a takeover that allows executives to use borrowed money to acquire a firm. R.H. Macy, one of the most celebrated U.S. retailers, is putting together a similar plan. In entertainment, the American Broadcasting Co., whose treasures include Dynasty, is now the crown jewel of the Capital Cities...
...first half, the cagers saw an early 6-2 lead fall prey to a McCaffrey rampage...
Stricker, who also won handily at Heps, covered the five-kilometer course in 17:11, seven seconds ahead of second-place finisher Stacia Prey of Penn State, and 28 seconds in front of Boston University's Lisa Welch, who beat out Stricker at the Greater Boston Championships earlier in the season. All three runners qualified for the NCAA meet...
...other was an investigation into the standoff between the U.S. and the Italian military at the Sigonella NATO base, where the EgyptAir Boeing first landed. Local police reported that tensions between the two allies turned ugly when the U.S. special Delta Force saw its prey being taken from it. Nevertheless, the clash never went beyond raised voices. Said Craxi Envoy Antonio Badini, who negotiated the surrender of the four terrorists to Italian authorities: "Abbas' role appeared to us of secondary significance." More important, he said, "was our respect for international law, our relations with Egypt...