Word: preying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because of my personal experience as an undergraduate that I brought them up in particular," Gerstein said. "There are religious groups that prey on freshmen who are lonely and who are having a hard time adjusting here and that suck them...
Entering the third period, the Bright Arena faithful hoped that the Crimson would not again fall prey to their third-period letdowns...
...circles over the heads of the Class of '97 like a vulture awaiting new victims. One by one, sophomores find their peers falling prey to this mysterious malaise...
Galster, however, wasn't especially interested in any of those unsavory activities. As a co-director of the San Francisco -- based Endangered Species Project, he goes after the illicit trade in wildlife. And there is no shortage of work. Unsanctioned traffic in animals and animal parts -- birds of prey, tiger skins, tiger bones and bear gallbladders out of Russia; rhino horns and elephant ivory from Africa; whale meat into Japan; rare birds and snakes from South America -- has more than doubled in value since 1989, generating an estimated $6 billion in annual revenues. According to Interpol, the international police agency...
...governor's office by polling," Menard said. "It's unfair to the people of Massachusetts to prey on their fears...