Word: prays
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...shrimp farm downstream, where men stripped to their underpants wade through paddies, workers complain that the mud is clogging their water supply. "This is a war," says Prasetyo, gesturing at a line of trucks rumbling along a levee. "We are not promising to stop it. We must also pray...
...syncretic mix of Islam and animism, and Lusi has drawn mystics from Bali and Borneo, who have sacrificed chickens, monkeys and even a cow to mollify the upset spirit. The government's engineering team has tried similar tactics; a spokesman says the group has hired diviners to pray for rain to wash the mud away...
...China. But rising temperatures have seen the icy snow retreat by dozens of feet each year - to find evidence of global warming, the farmers simply have to glance up from their fields and see the rising patches of brown where, once, all was white. Knowing no alternative, they pray harder for rain and snow...
...word. Heads in the crowd are gray and silver, not black, pink or red. Glasses are for seeing, not for being seen. Shoes are comfortable and underwear is long. Even when the weather is windy and bitterly cold, busloads of seniors swarm the main street, called Jizo-dori, to pray for good health at two popular temples, to shop for food and clothing, and to socialize with their peers in an environment catering just to them...
...tiger stripes. The windows and bumpers are trimmed with black feather boas. "I decided to do this for my leader," he said of his masterpiece. "Sharif is going the right way for Pakistan." Musharraf, he says, brought Pakistan suicide bombers and inflation. "Everything now is costing more, so we pray for the success of Mian Nawaz Sharif." Given the delicacy of his decorative creation, there is one more thing he is praying for: "Last night I prayed to god, 'please don't let it rain.'" Yet that outcome would hardly rank against the direr consequences this vote could bring...