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...omen was favorable. But who could depend on it? Behind locked doors, many Moroccan nationalists celebrated the day in the name of exiled Ben Youssef. A more significant omen for Morocco's future took place in the city of Port Lyautey. There 8.000 to 10.000 resentful Arabs, led by single-minded nationalists, had gone on a rampage in the medina (native quarter) the week before. They killed seven Europeans, including a woman and her daughter, whose stomachs they slit open with knives. The women's bodies were dragged through the streets of the medina. The French last week...
Then came the signal to fire. But just as three of the dacoits aimed their rifles at the victims, one of the bound policemen sneezed, distracting the firing detail so much that all the shots missed. Worried by this bad-luck omen, Man Singh strode to the staked men and demanded: "To which caste do you belong?" Protested the policemen: "We are Moslems!" This explained everything. Kali desired no Moslem sacrifices-only Hindus. Man Singh untied the prisoners, sternly bade them go. Thankfully the policemen stumbled into the jungle and made their way back to their post...
...that had led the long advance tumbled, e.g., Du Pont dropped 4⅛ points. The Dow-Jones industrial average was chopped down 6.59 points to 321, slipped further the next day. By week's end, however, the market had stabilized. Most traders viewed the break, not as an omen of disaster, but as a much-needed "technical" reaction to the market's almost uninterrupted advance of 25% since last fall...
...Ghoneim, wise in such matters, was not discouraged, and eventually he uncovered the entrance of a second tunnel. Unlike the first, it was not barren. Ranged along it were the doorways of 120 separate chambers, some of them containing jars of grain and other foodstuffs. This was a good omen; the soul of a Pharaoh was usually supplied with alabaster-packaged rations...
Wagner's election was hailed by the New deal wing of the Democratic party as a bright omen for next year's congressional elections and the 1956 presidential campaign...