In Africa, a hunger-prone tribe lives in selfishness and conflict, each family member competing with others for food.
He described the tribe as being prone to petty disputes - usually over women - which escalate into wars between villages.
Washington never solved that issue satisfactorily after the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963, and solving it in Afghanistan, a country long prone to chaotic competition among many tribes and factions, will probably not be much easier.
Community is important in a place prone to extremes - Karoo is a San tribe word meaning 'where there is no water', and only the hardiest plants survive the heat.
Certain groups of people — the Bantu tribes of Africa, for example — are especially prone to primary liver cancer, and such groups typically suffer from malnutrition.
We're prone to cronyism because our notions of community arose from family and tribe.
Because tribal lands are particularly prone to drought, flooding, wildfires and other weather extremes, American Indian tribes suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, a new study from the National Wildlife Federation and other groups reported Wednesday.
Ally, who is prone to hysterics, has a deep-seated clown phobia that emerges when a menacing tribe of masked stalkers appear.
