Word: jinxing
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Republicans are hoping Bush's popularity can ward off the midterm-election jinx that a President's party usually faces. But they also know G.O.P. candidates tend to suffer whenever the debate turns to issues affecting people at or approaching retirement age. That group votes more dependably than any other, especially in off-year elections, and now includes the leading edge of the baby boom, 76 million strong. Democrats are well practiced at exploiting the group's fears. In 1982 the party stoked anxiety about Social Security reform and picked up 26 seats in the House; in 1986 the same...
...sophomore jinx laid to rest (Jackson had feared sales of Thriller would fail to eclipse that of his debut effort, Off The Wall), Jackson went immediately to work on a follow-up. After five years of pain-staking work, the world was once again mesmerized by the master. With the largest advance orders for any album ever, Bad solidified Jackson’s success and ignited Michael-mania once again. The album spawned single after single, becoming the second-largest musical success story after Thriller and earning the young musician the coveted title of the King of Pop. Songs like...
...Nation knew the team was doomed after Sports Illustrated put Pedro on its cover, predicting the long-tortured club would win its first World Series since World War I. This year, a smug Derek Jeter and his fat cat Yankees are the beneficiaries of SI's cover jinx. Even though Nomar will have surgery this week for a wrist injury that flared up after he appeared in the buff on a SI cover in February, the Yankees will ultimately feel SI's wrath...
...Jeremy Taggart. The post-grunge band's 1995 debut, Naveed, was met with immediate commercial and critical success north of the border, and established the band's status as the pride and joy of the Canadian alt-rock scene. OLP's 1997 effort, Clumsy, avoided the dreaded second album jinx and, in addition to its quadruple-platinum status in Canada, led to the band's breakthrough in the U.S. with the catchy, angst-ridden singles "Clumsy" and "Superman's Dead." The band's muscular, guitar-driven melodies and their reputation for solid live performances won them rave reviews...
...Edwards swats away questions about presidential aspirations, it may be because he doesn't yet have a record; he has never passed a serious bill. Another obstacle to running in 2004 is that he will be facing a re-election jinx; no incumbent has won his Senate seat since Sam Ervin, in 1968. To make sure he will, Edwards spends recesses touring parts of the state that haven't seen a Senator in years, even decades...