Word: preying
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...After a few minutes, I began to notice that the squirrels in nearby trees had ceased their usual pitter-patter. They pressed themselves tightly against the bark, utterly motionless, tensed against a predator they could sense but could not see. An ancient dance between predator and prey was being performed; with the exception of our little crowd, the hurrying students and tourists were oblivious to the drama...
...bird on the front page of The Crimson (Feb. 25, 1999) is not a falcon. It is actually a red-tailed hawk, one of the most common birds of prey in North America. According to the field guide published by the American Bird Conservancy, both falcons and hawks are classified as raptors, and their body shape and markings may be somewhat similar...
Harvard's inability to convince many scholarsthat its department is essential to their careersbegins to look all the more dangerous as ambitiousdepartments elsewhere prey on Harvard's governmentFaculty...
...sacrificial victim should be someone of unquestioned high reputation--no going after easy prey like Henry Hyde or Dan Burton. The time limit should be one year. Bring the charges to the House of Representatives, shame the guy, laugh him to scorn, let the newsboys chew on him, let him crawl and cringe and beg forgiveness and then hand the keys to the prosecutor's office over to the other side...
...heart skip a beat. I realized that the sad situation described so vividly would soon affect my family. My son Eric, who turned 20 just a few weeks ago, is looking at a sentence of six to nine years in prison. Eric, like many other young people, fell prey to adult drug runners, who continue to walk freely the streets of America's small towns. Eric had no criminal record. This is a terrible injustice. EDNA BUNTAIN Paris...