The so-called Red Shirts, supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, have mounted a series of targeted demonstrations, ranging from ritualistic blood curses to head-shaving to noisy parades through the streets of the capital.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Lastly, there will be very often a list of blessings for the party who obeys, and curses for the party that violates the pact.

最后，通常都是对遵守约定的一方，有什么样的奖励,而对违反的人会有什么样的诅咒。

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So he curses existence, curses God at having made him so impotent that he can't change the fact that two plus two equals four.

所以他诅咒生存，诅咒上帝让他如此无能,无能到无法改变二加二等于四的事实。

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