They may have been efforts to reverse the curse.

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Louis on the 2004 night when the Red Sox took the World Series to reverse the Bambino curse.

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" He sarcastically declares her obsession is not love, but "the reverse, like a curse.

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When the time comes to reverse that process, your favorable credit rating in the past looks more like a curse than an advantage.

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