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Word: preys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lettuce on his pushcart and pulled out a machine gun, four cars blocked the route of a black Daimler sedan. Out jumped a dozen men, who seized and clubbed two bodyguards and a chauffeur, and drove off triumphantly in the Daimler with their latest captive-and their biggest prey to date: British Ambassador to Uruguay Geoffrey Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: URUGUAY: Machine Gun in the Lettuce | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

...Lions will be no easy prey for the Crimson. They placed second in the Nationals last year, and Bruce Soriano, a brilliant saberman, returns from that excellent team to lead an experienced saber contingent against the Crimson...

Author: By Martin R. Garay iii, | Title: Revengeful Fencers Eye Columbia | 1/15/1971 | See Source »

...heart conditions because of stress. The hartebeest population in Nairobi National Park is growing so fast that males must fight frequently for territory, thus disrupting their feeding habits. Even worse, because the national parks are not ecological units, there is no balance between food and animal number, predator and prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: East Africa: Making Conservation Pay | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

Tristana. Luis Bunuel's tale is about a young woman (Catherine Deneuve) who falls prey to the affections of her much older guardian (Fernado Rey). Comic (if not to the extent of The Milky Way ) and darkly surreal, this film presents Bunuel's unique vision of the shifting planes of morality...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Ten Best Films of 1970 | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...ended, Cambodian and South Vietnamese columns finally succeeded in reopening Route Seven between Kompong Cham and Skoun, which had been cut by enemy activity for six weeks. But the Cambodians expected the fighting to continue in the area for the duration of the dry season. In the case of Prey Totung itself, however, there was not much left to fight for. "The Cambodians once again had demonstrated great courage," sadly concludes Correspondent Cloud, "but the town had been destroyed. One wondered: Who wins in the long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Battle in a Forgotten War | 1/4/1971 | See Source »

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