Word: preys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They endure anywhere from five minutes to an hour of stupefying drama about racketeers and handsome reporters that is worth watching only because each reporter is able to say. "This time you've gone too far, Rocco," without removing the faint smile from his lips. Eventually, press and prey fetch up at a speakeasy, always in time to catch Dorothy's number...
There is a new kind of pirate on the high seas-the radio buccaneer. His prey is a country with a state radio loaded with classical music, edifying lectures and a ban on commercials. All that is necessary is an old freighter equipped with a radio transmitter, a safe anchorage beyond the three-mile territorial limit, and a supply of jazz and popular records. Since there are invariably more lowbrows than highbrows in any given country, the pirate soon has an eager army of listeners, and a flock of sponsors eager to press money upon him for commercials...
...with a cam era is Kroscenko's business. A three-block stretch of the Via Veneto, cascading from the Aurelian Wall to the U.S. embassy, is his favorite hunting ground. Here, in the glittering array of hotels, smart shops and open-air cafes, throng Kroscenko's picturesque prey. He is a paparazzo* one of a ravenous wolf pack of freelance photographers who stalk big names for a living and fire with flash guns at point-blank range...
...last year. A reporter for Le Figaro likened the present chaotic condition of the Vietnamese countryside to that which prevailed there during the eight terrible years of the IndoChinese War; government officials have fled their posts to the security of provincial towns, leaving isolated villages throughout the South prey to the guerrillas...
...water to live happily; the Boeing system contains 80 gal lons, weighing more than 600 Ibs. Pilgrim is sure that this prohibitive weight can be reduced drastically, but he has other problems besides. Algae are delicate; they sometimes sicken, turn yellow, and die. They may fall prey to bacteria and other microscopic enemies. They may poison themselves with their own wastes...