Word: blessing
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...ease his soul and promote village harmony. After all, locals have heard the spirits on our land wailing when they use a nearby water source. Then, in an offhand remark, our shaman tells us about a Frenchman who had built a villa nearby. Wija was called in to bless the land and chat with the spirits about their wishes. He gave advice to the foreigner but apparently none of the spirit-appeasement tactics were followed. After the house was built, a slew of mysterious things occurred. First there was a fire, Wija recounts, then a burglary. The foreigner has since...
...bless the American TV industry! While the rest of corporate America is outsourcing, this fall television is aggressively insourcing, remaking several shows from other countries and populating them with red-blooded Americans...
...think he may be right. Says Anthea Butler, an expert in Pentecostalism at the University of Rochester in New York: "The pastor's not gonna say, 'Go down to Wachovia and get a loan,' but I have heard, 'Even if you have a poor credit rating, God can still bless you - if you put some faith out there [that is, make a big donation to the church], you'll get that house or that car or that apartment.' " Adds J. Lee Grady, editor of the magazine Charisma: "It definitely goes on, that a preacher might say, 'If you give this...
...Wednesday was supposed to be "Securing America?s Future" night. There were policemen and firefighters, diplomats and Senators and soldiers testifying to Obama's strength and strategic judgment. Lest it all sound too muscular, Melissa Etheridge sang to the Big Tent, weaving God Bless America into Give Peace a Chance into Born in the USA. But it was Clinton's appearance that lit up the hall: "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow," Fleetwood Mac sang, and the crowd roared for Bill, no signs, only flags and love for the only living man who gave them the White House twice...
...Bless his heart, President of the United States--a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy--you name the subject.' NANCY PELOSI, Speaker of the House, mocking George W. Bush after he scolded Congress for legislative inaction...