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...VIEWPOINT, July 12], Lance Morrow has every right to think the thumpings of his prophetic kitchen table signify a victorious campaign by Hillary for the New York Senate seat. But it sounds as if he is hearing the same voices Hillary does when she talks to Eleanor Roosevelt. A Ouija board would be a more reliable source for prognostications, but make sure the board is on a table that has been bolted down. BRUCE L. WILLIAMSON Clifton Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 2, 1999 | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...assistant to an itinerant street photographer. Depending on which story you believe, his nickname was either a smudged version of squeegee--one of his first jobs as a darkroom assistant involved wiping down prints as they came from the developing bath--or he gained it because, like a Ouija board, he could predict where the news would happen and get there first. For a while he played violin accompaniment in theaters that showed silent films. "I loved playing on the emotions of the audience as they watched," he once wrote--an interesting admission, since Fellig would eventually give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photography: Dames! Stiffs! Mugs! | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

BOSTON--What's the secret to bringing communities together? Ouija knows...

Author: By Martin G. Hickey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: New Group Brings Teens Together | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

When the Chinatown group showed a game of ouija in their video, the teens' curiosity overcame any shyness and they joked with each other like close friends...

Author: By Martin G. Hickey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: New Group Brings Teens Together | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

...buying a car, and you can't afford to make a mistake. What do you do? Consult your friends and your Ouija board? Pore over newspapers and magazine ads? Endure dealership pitches and test drives? Lie awake at night worried you'll screw up? All of the above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEB'S MIDDLEMAN | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

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