Word: preys
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...recruiters' lists for U.S. positions. If the Senate plan does tighten the border and expand the guest-worker program, says Velasquez, then the money that once went to human smugglers at the border will simply be redirected to criminal gangs inside Mexico who prey on the guest-worker-recruiting process...
...doubtful that all--or even most--of those Palestinian women who sign up to become martyrs do so voluntarily. Some fall prey to male recruiters, who approach them on campus or through Internet chat rooms, making romantic advances that the women fall for. Many other women point to "secret reasons" that have little connection with religion and everything to do with private tragedy or shame. Some see becoming a suicide bomber as preferable to an arranged marriage, common in the Arab world. One teenager volunteered for suicide duty because her father refused to let her marry a boyfriend...
...Hawk Ostby, “First Snow” follows flooring salesman Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce, “Memento”) as he feverishly attempts to avert his own imminent demise, predicted by a roadside fortune-teller. But while Starks’s life unravels as he falls prey to intense paranoia, “First Snow” loses focus and is unable to create the suspense needed to excite moviegoers. While Pearce entertains as a fast-talking salesman who believes that he is about to make his big break, his portrayal of Starks lacks depth...
...says Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association, which has opposed such moves in the past. Arulanandam and Novin also attempt to shoot holes in the animal advocates' case with another argument. Lead, they claim, is the best substance to use in ammunition because of it kills the prey "in a more humane way." It's claim that is sure to trigger a new round of crossfire in the battle over lead ammo...
Camouflage is not all it seems. When man first daubed himself in mud, dressing to fool the eye was the art of the hunter rather than of the prey. Its use in military defense, according to "Camouflage," an exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum until November, evolved as a result of the advent of long-range precision weaponry. Only in 1915, when the French army established a specialist camouflage unit, did the study of concealment, distortion and deception techniques begin. But it was art, not military science, that led the way. "Armies realized they could put artists' knowledge...