So when it became clear that networking with strangers was going to be an integral part of my experience with a game like New Super Mario Bros U, I cursed our interconnected world and tried to steer clear.

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At one point, I mentioned to Wilpon the theory that the Mets might be cursed.

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Desperate to make a move and cursed most of the morning with lousy cards, I began bluffing heavily, and successfully, scratching back near even.

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My love of travel began with childhood visits to Mexican ruins and beaches, and I feel the U.S. is fortunate, not cursed, to be so close to a place that offers jungles, deserts, volcanoes, beaches, coral reefs, ancient pyramids, living pre-European cultures and some of the world's most satisfying cuisines.

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All renewables are cursed with fundamental problems that make their future stand-alone (i.e. unsubsidized) viability as anything but a marginal energy source highly questionable.

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