Word: preys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right hand. Behind him stands a personal attendant dressed in knee-length tunic, broad waistband, fringed mantle to the ankles, shawl flaring over the left shoulder. In another slab, the figures performing the priestly task of lustrating the sacred tree have the heads of strong-beaked birds of prey. The stylized, forthright carvings testify to the power and skill of an ancient...
...Department of Agriculture does not think that the fire ants can be eradicated. They are too well established, and they live in forests and wastelands as well as in settled areas. No natural enemies have been found that can be imported to prey upon them. In spite of quarantines that may be declared against them, the ants will probably spread as far as climate will permit, perhaps as far north as southern Pennsylvania. But they can be checked in towns, fields and pastures by proper poisoning methods. This can be expensive. Said one disgruntled householder in Montgomery, Ala. last week...
...great hounds became a royal canine family. They were smart enough to herd sheep, swift enough to run down deer, sturdy enough to tangle with leopards. Their broad, high-set hips lent unusual agility to their natural speed. They have been called "gaze hounds" because they spotted their prey by sight, not scent. British officers back from Asian duty told tales of untrained Afghan hounds serving as sentries at frontier forts...
...models remind me of the fierce, beady-eyed road runner, an unpleasant bird of the desert that never flies but runs along the ground, then pauses with its tail in the air while it takes a greedy look for its prey. SELENA MCKINLEY Los Angeles...
...Korbonski (495 pp., Macmillan; $6.75), presents the memoirs of the last leader of the Polish underground, and for the first time fully tells the story of the thousands who died in a futile effort to free Poland. At first, the politically ill-assorted, mutually suspicious underground leaders fell easy prey to the Germans. The flamboyance of the rank and file who took to wearing "uniforms" of top boots and padded jackets also led to wholesale arrests. Yet out of blundering and indecision, the stubborn Poles whipped together perhaps the most potent underground fighting force in Europe. Author Korbonski, a lawyer...