Word: preys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regional pact would have cultural and economic advantages equal to its military significance. If a free state were established in Indo-China, it would be easy prey to economic catastrophe during the first years following its separation from France. The stabilizing effect of close co-operation with the other nations of Southeast Asia would stave off domestic Communism...
Such dubious means, however, are to no avail. While the IBM machine quite definitely falls prey to such goings-on, a half a dozen highly-trained ETS exam inspectors do not. These inspectors examine every answer sheet before it is placed in the marking machines. According to Louis Cozma, head of the ETS marking division, even the cleverest cheating system can be spotted in a matter of seconds...
With some 30 newsmen and photographers in tow, Zsa Zsa, got up in a man-killing black ensemble, glided into a flossy Montparnasse bistro and cornered her pomaded prey. As the cameras converged on him, Rubirosa snarled at the photographers: "You'll not take any pictures of me with Miss Gabor." Actress Gabor, making the most of a big emotional scene, quietly began to cry. Unmoved, Rubirosa curled his lip and told her: "Get out! I don't need you!" Zsa Zsa went-by taxi straight to Rubirosa's Paris home, where she was a house guest...
...Manchu, is a man of pronounced dislikes (among them: Jews, Britons, Americans). In World War II he worked in Berlin for a time with the pro-Nazi Mufti of Jerusalem. He professes not to fear Russia: "The Arabs would prefer a thousandfold to become a Soviet republic than a prey to world Jewry...
...altitude interceptors. Airwise rumor is that it is genuinely supersonic, i.e., flies above the speed of sound in level flight. It is packed with educated electronics. In combat, the airplane will probably do most of its own thinking, the pilot sitting passively while radars and other gadgets locate their prey, aim and fire the guns or other armament. Then he will return the spent airplane to its base...