Word: preys
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...just surviving on some crazy niche, like the avian vomitologist. Owl vomit looks very much like a piece of charcoal. The reason Don Cicoletti collects it is because if you crack the vomit open and start to pull it apart, you'll find the hair and bones from the prey the owl has swallowed whole. Don sells these things by the boatload to elementary schools, and the kids put the mouse back together again. This guy is making a living crawling through the woods looking for owl vomit...
...that is apparently not how the Administration works. Instead, it exploits claims of secrecy for its own legal advantage, depending upon whether it is the prosecutor or the prey. There is probably good reason to keep much of the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed secret. But given the Administration's track record in these recent cases, we can't just take the government's word...
...High ticket prices prey on the obsessive nature of many Japanese fans, who will happily spend their money on collecting every recording, attending every show and buying the T-shirt. "Artists can be hot one day and not hot the next," says Roderick Morris, the promoter who organized Jackson's Japan events "But they can still come to Japan because fans are still loyal here." (Watch TIME's video "Appreciating Michael Jackson, the Musician...
...climate changes alone weren't enough to wipe out 30 million bison. Humans played a big role. By 1700 Native Americans were riding horses, which allowed them to kill prey much more efficiently than by approaching on foot, as they had done for the previous 9,000 years. Steam power allowed for the cheap transport of bison hides, and in the 1870s tanners learned to make useful leather from them. Demand soared, and the new Sharps "buffalo rifle" allowed hunters to meet that demand. The last significant bison hunt ended in 1883, when there were almost none left...
Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...