Word: preying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, Edelman, 50, has plenty of reasons to hunch. Since 1986 he has launched hostile raids on ten large corporations and nine of the bids have failed, though Edelman has collected some greenmail for quitting the attacks. He managed to capture one of his prey, the Ponderosa restaurant chain, but resold it without a profit...
...rich have special problems procuring crack. They often have to make their buys in unfamiliar (and unsavory) neighborhoods, where they are prey to all kinds of rip-offs. Street crack is contaminated with an astonishing variety of chemicals, from amphetamines and meat tenderizers to pesticides. To make sure they are not being poisoned, some users are going back to a process popular years ago. They buy cocaine and convert it into a purer form of crack at home. This dangerous process, called free-basing, involves combining cocaine with baking soda and cooking the mixture. The latest trend among well...
...much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin -- poached, then smuggled. Sometimes the poachers cross borders to hunt, as from Somalia into Kenya or Zambia into Zimbabwe, then carry the tusks back by night. Some poachers are tribal villagers, illiterate and poor, who stalk their prey on foot, walking for weeks, living off game. A poacher in Kenya says he believes tribal charms make him invisible to antipoaching units. He buries his tusks in the village latrine or hides them in a nearby cave. He sells them for a pittance (as little...
...allowed themselves to fall prey to cowardice, to foreign money and to treason are a minority who advocated foreign intervention," the communique added. "In the next few hours, this group will appear before justice, covered with shame...
Even the most successful black mayors can also fall prey to the arrogance and corruption that have dogged many of their white counterparts. Last week the city attorney of Los Angeles concluded that five-term Mayor Tom Bradley "clearly stepped into that gray area between factual innocence and a chargeable offense" after Bradley's phoning the city treasurer last March on behalf of a bank that employed him as an outside "adviser" led to a city deposit of $2 million. The city attorney also filed a civil suit accusing Bradley of failing to disclose on city conflict of interest forms...