Word: preys
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...Wright has decided he isn't about to shut up and launched a series of provocative remarks over the weekend and on Monday. On Tuesday afternoon, Obama denounced Wright, saying "His comments were not only divisive... but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate." The candidate added, "Whatever relationship I had with Reverend Wright has changed as a consequence of this." Whether that is enough to quell the controversy is one thing. But it also continues to raise the question about the preacher at the center of the controversy: What exactly does...
When Microsoft started hunting Yahoo in February, many assumed that the software behemoth would bag the company swiftly and efficiently. Yahoo seemed to be classic weak Web prey, wobbling financially while rival Google continued to dominate the online world. Now, just days after Microsoft's threat to take its modest offer directly to shareholders, Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang is fighting back...
...appeared 150 bulls and dragons, alternating in yellow and white, to honor Adad, the god of wind, and Marduk, Babylon's chief deity. Panels also depicted the mushhushshu, a dragon-like creature covered in scales - its front legs feline, its hind legs belonging to a bird of prey, its tail resembling a scorpion's stinger...
...morale of Iraqi troops who would find renewed strength to fight after hearing of the defeats of their enemy. In addition, such propaganda—especially when repeated over and over again—may help to bandwagon others into joining a movement. Once a few groups fall prey to this misinformation and join a cause, their support becomes social evidence of the clamor. This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy—people becoming part of a cause supports the initial assertion of the movement which encourages more people to join in. Furthermore, people who join earlier are perceived...
...great coverage of that, but one idea, which was very anthropomorphic, was that [the victims] made the tiger mad and that's why the tiger jumped. A tiger is really not likely to jump just because it's mad. They did something to make that tiger think they were prey. So they either got on the fence, or jumped over the fence, or did something with their behavior to make that tiger think "dinner," and all the switches go on - the rush of adrenaline in those animals is incredible...