Similarly, most villages have a witch or folk-healer who dispenses spells, removes curses and provides spiritual guidance.
In a long and extraordinary solo scene, Bajazet says farewell to his daughter, curses Tamerlano, and dies.
Once-mighty names like Compaq, Lucent, Nortel and Cisco Systems are uttered like curses, unwelcome reminders of lost opportunities to sell out at the top.
Summer in Chicago is synonymous with the Cubs, the ivy-covered walls of iconic Wrigley Field and the nearly century-old tradition of infamous baseball curses.
Such once-mighty names as Compaq, Lucent, Nortel and Cisco Systems are uttered like curses, unwelcome reminders of lost opportunities to sell out at the top.
She sends Josette to her death and curses Barnabas with vampirism.
Generations of fans from famously unlucky sports towns like Boston, Chicago and Cleveland grew up listening to somber yarns about curses, treachery, false hopes and heartbreak.
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We already know that the tomb is booby-trapped by all manner of ancient curses, and, soon enough, the massed ranks of special effects arrive to take revenge.
Even though many employers may think less of an employee who curses too much in the office, one in four managers admitted to swearing at their employees.
The former UCLA star Reggie Miller, now an NCAA tournament broadcaster, said taking religious names in vain is interpreted by some viewers as worse than using traditional curses.
Curses, I thought, now what am I supposed to do?
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Objectively, it seems Mr. Ripert's blessings outweigh his curses.
It could be that these curses are total bunk.
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Also bear in mind that according to a recent CareerBuilder survey 64% of Americans think less of employees who swear, and 57% say they are less likely to promote someone who curses.
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In some countries, traditional beliefs about the causes of the condition, including bewitchment, spiritual causes and curses, lead to stigma and increase the chance that a person with epilepsy will not get the treatment they need.
Analysts say that Venezuela's mix of Catholic and animist beliefs, especially in the south-central plains and jungles, is fertile ground for talk of spirits and curses which may otherwise seem out of place in an election campaign.
She shrieked and a moment later I was running down the street with the two men chasing me and shouting curses, or what I assumed were curses, great hoarse expletives that echoed through the trees and set dogs barking in the dark houses.
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