Word: omened
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cobra fixed him with its jeweled eyes, he sat crosslegged, giving back stare for stare. For ten minutes neither moved a muscle. Then the warden returned, clubbed the cobra to death. "That was wrong," said St. Gandhi severely. "The cobra's visit was a good omen...
...revolt of worthy middle-class G. O. Partisans against their party because of hard times. The arch-Republican New York Herald Tribune called it "the severest jolt the party has yet sustained." The Democrats, to whom it gave a House majority of two, trumpeted it as a bright omen...
...that Their Majesties could land at 4 p.m., the hour prescribed by Siamese omen readers as best, the royal yacht took the royal party off the S. S. Empress of Canada in which they crossed the Pacific, then waited just out of sight of Bangkok until the Auspicious Hour...
...series of untoward occurrences. . . . There have been several cases of derailment, suicide, mysterious deaths . . . unaccountable accidents. The place was haunted by evil, prowling spirits of the nether world, so the religious Japanese claim. The stone from the tomb was the source of the 'bad luck,' an evil omen for more misfortunes to come. ... So the priests performed fantastic rites . . . the troublesome stone was removed amidst sighs of relief from the multitude." CHESTER P. HOLWAY...
...this event," continued the new Governor General, "a bright omen of our success; brighter, perhaps, than that augured by the North Atlantic weather we encountered. . . . But I deplore the fact that Lady Bessborough and myself will be deprived of the distinguished services of Miss Bennett in making contacts in Canada...