Word: preying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disease. Meanwhile, international relief agencies charge that supplies are falling into the hands of government troops instead of beleaguered civilians. The rains that finally began last month are, in a cruel paradox, a mixed blessing. Weak and shelterless people in the cool Ethiopian highlands are now falling prey to pneumonia...
...domino theory, often discussed during the Viet Nam War, is even more of a reality today. The Third World and underdeveloped countries are the immediate prey of the Soviet Union. The security of the free world is being threatened to a frightening degree. Both covert and overt aid should be given by the free governments to all nations that find themselves the targets of Soviet meddling in their affairs...
Kamal's eyes acknowledged a slight pain. Perhaps he was anticipating the familiar adventures in store for them both-the dinner of stuffed sheep's head, the full-dress safari with Bond as the prey, the chase through the bazaar, the fight with the portable buzz saw, the wing-walker aerobatics that would surely end in the Afghan's death. Or was it just a reflex of exquisite boredom on the face of a polo player named Louis Jourdan...
...lengths to keep its alumni happy, informed, and open-waleted. It would be nice if some of the attention were turned back to the pre-alumni. We don't need beach towels or tote bags, but some respect as individuals might be in order. Otherwise we too will fall prey to the same herd mentality which surfaced at the en masse picture-taking on Widener steps Monday, when most of the 540 returnees clumped happily together, all wearing their silly, floppy class tennis hats. Commented one wife: "With their hats on, you can't tell them apart...
...following day, stunned House leaders and Dukakis staffers lobbied furiously and overturned the vote. The House returned the proposal, slightly amended to require a two-thirds city council vote, to the Senate, where it fell prey to the publicity created by the shuffle...