Word: preys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...caused on that fifth day of July in 1914. And that very man, who, after the carnage, after millions of unfortunates have perished, after he hardly dares to look upon the accusing earth for fear of seeing a tomb rise up before his eyes, cries out, a prey to belated remorse or religious terror: ' My God! I did not will this!' (Memoirs). Mothers of all countries, you hear what he says: He did not will this! He did not will it on the fifth of July...
...professors derive no benefits from the injunction. But these note-sellers, like most note-sellers, entrapped their guileless and indolent prey by guaranteeing an extra 5 percent on the all-decisive law school examination. And misguided students, practically all first-year men, tell for the glittering bait, neglected their regular work, and accordingly failed...
...past probabilities, therefore, it seems unlikely that the United States will suffer from the aggression of others. If as a young growing nation it was not a prey to outsiders during a century of world exploitation by European powers, it scarcely seems likely that it will be such at a time when its resources, both material and in man-power, exceed those of any other country; at a time, too, when these powers have just been very amply demonstrated...
...lungs. This will enable physicians to weed out the probable victims of the dis- ease. A regime of appropriate diet, rest and fresh air, applied in special schools and at home, will then go far to prevent tuberculosis from claiming those who would formerly have been its prey. Dr. Wassermann's method-he refuses to call it a discovery-is the result of long research based on the groundwork of American and French investigators, during which he tried out more than 500 different serums. He gives credit to the United States for first rank in the world-wide fight...
...over the United States, this bureau has already exposed a number of "blind pools" which have absorbed the savings of thousands of ignorant and gullible persons. A product of the war but no longer promoted by patriotism to put their money into savings stamps, these "investors" have fallen easy prey to wildcat promoters...