Word: victim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...falcon does not return to its trainer's arm after making a kill, but squats on Its victim . . . until the hawker comes quietly up and lifts the falcon to his hand again. If the kill is made beyond the hawker's sight or quick reach, the hawk may gorge itself and fly off, never to be recaptured. Few falcons remain captives more than a few months...
Bellwether's Topknot. For the short, chopped, overly sleek follower-or victim-of the short-haircut style, the new style was a shock. Even if she moved into a hothouse and buried herself in Vigoro, she couldn't grow a chignon of her own in time to be in style. By no coincidence, the hair stylists were ready with just what the lady roundheads needed: the artificial chignon...
Girl is the victim of her own publicity. In this case she is a Chicago model unburdening herself in a Pullman to a kindly stranger who sounds just like Author Farrell...
...Morale. Recently, however, Romanoff's has fallen victim to its own social standards. Profits, which hit a peak of $87,000 seven years ago, have slipped. This year, Romanoff expects to net only $16,000, chiefly because of rising overhead and the fact that bar revenues, which once accounted for 50% of the gross, have tumbled. The reason: no one wants to drink at the bar and be branded a nobody. That is particularly true when choice empty tables are marked "reserved." Says Mike: "It's very bad for the morale for one to walk past those empty...
...into one anyway. About 20 feet above the ground, a paratrooper falling faster than I dropped into my parachute canopy and collapsed it around my shoulders. As a result I plunged the last 20 feet without any help from the parachute." Traffic victim Vermillion wrote his story, was evacuated to Japan with a broken ankle...