Word: preying
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Despite Haggis’s claims to the contrary, many may say the film falls prey to an overly neat ending, never really capitalizing on the spark and vitriol which is abundant earlier on. Nevertheless, Haggis accomplishes his goal of making “Crash” stay in your consciousness long after you’ve left the parking lot. And there wasn’t even a single three...
...like companies that buy their first computers and then decide they can forget about data-processing problems forever, the IRS before long found itself with old and outdated equipment. A plan to upgrade its machines was defeated in Congress during the 1970s, when the agency fell prey to suspicions generated by Watergate. Legislators feared that some day an Administration might use a centralized computer tax system to harass citizens. In January 1980 the IRS at last issued a call for bids on a new computer to replace its old Honeywell and Control Data machines. The contract was awarded to Sperry...
...from cosmic rays and unpredictable solar flares. After a long stint in zero gravity, the space crews' muscles, including their hearts, would weaken, and their bones would lose calcium. And it may be inevitable that a small group of people living together in cramped quarters for years would fall prey to loneliness, boredom and squabbling. Admitted Sally Ride, who shared one of her two space flights with six other astronauts in the crowded confines of the shuttle: "You'd have to be very careful about the people you would choose...
...AIDS, the prospects are grim. The virus directly attacks a group of white blood cells called helper T cells, which serve as one of the main coordinators of the immune system. As the disease progresses, these defensive cells are almost entirely destroyed. The immune system collapses, and victims fall prey to one infection after another. Ordinarily mild diseases become dangerous, even fatal, and many patients develop rare cancers, severe neurological disorders and brain damage...
...course of two games on 41 shots faced. She held the Saints to a single score in the semifinals while shutting them out over the last 39-plus minutes of the contest. In falling to Minnesota, she nevertheless held the Gophers below their season scoring average and twice fell prey to turnovers by her defense in the zone...