Word: preys
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...problem with social engineering is that it so often falls prey to the law of unintended consequences. Take welfare reform in New Jersey. Five years ago, the state became a conservative favorite thanks to a tough new law ensuring that any woman who became pregnant while on welfare would not be given additional cash assistance for her new child. Advocates of the law, known as the family cap, called it a strike for personal responsibility, one that would force welfare parents to make the same family-planning decisions that working-class families do. Twenty-three other states followed suit...
Ironically, Presley didn't write his own songs. He wasn't a proficient guitarist. There may even have been better vocal stylists. Nor was he adept at handling his career and business. He allowed himself to fall prey to greedy management and sycophants...
...pitching proved to be too much for the Crimson to handle as Harvard mustered only one hit on its way to an 8-0 loss. But Harvard was not prepared to pack its bags without one last hurrah, and the third-seeded Boston College Eagles became the Crimson's prey...
Even in such distinguished company, Lisbon's Oceans Pavilion stands out. Its titanic 1.2 million-gal. central tank and four side tanks (holding an additional 300,000 gal.) are home to 8,000 specimens of 250 species, arranged so that predators and prey seem to swim side by side. Visitors to the aquarium set off on a grand, circumnavigable tour around the world's oceans, past sharks, bluefish, wreckfish and more. Along the way they pass through naturalistic-looking coastal exhibits that represent four major littoral ecologies: rocky North Atlantic cliffs with cavorting razorbills and murres; subpolar grassy banks populated...
Letourneau is an adult who misused her position of authority to prey upon a vulnerable child both physically and emotionally. Claims that the young victim wanted to have sex and was very mature for his age deserve contempt. The molestation of young boys by adult women remains one of the least acknowledged crimes in our society and one of the most harmful. LAUREL E. FEDERBUSH Ann Arbor, Mich...