Word: omens
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...marvels every day, and though they may fail to surprise him they may nonetheless scare him almost out of his wits. He is dismayed when a child is born with teeth, or cuts its upper teeth first, and usually does away with it. The birth of twins is an omen of disaster. If a banana tree sprouts fruit not at the end of the stalk but near the middle, the plant is promptly cut down and the owner is considered in peril of death. If a dog is remarkably lucky at hunting, it is thought to be catching game...
Bolivians and Paraguayans, hoping devoutly that they will not have to fight any more, accepted this fraternizing of their generals as a good omen that their diplomats are arriving at acceptable terms of peace during the continued truce...
...jealous insistence of the press on the justice and liberality of Harvard's action, and its insistance that this action does not imply any dogmatic bias is a good omen for the future of liberal universities in this country...
...Good luck is already assured," radioed Captain Inouye from the Hiyei. "We have sighted the propitious omen of two Japanese cranes, apparently emigrating to Manchukuo...
...nothing new, of course, for the Dramatic Club to be producing dramas, and yet it is a distinctly new and refreshing omen that the Dramatic Club has recovered from its psycho-neurotic obsession that has been tormenting us for at least the last two years. For these last two horrible years we have come out of a Dramatic Club performance with a self-conscious feeling of inferiority in matters of comprehension...