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Word: shaman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...felt like it was pulsing and growing and WARRRrrhh. Every once in a while they would shine a flashlight. Every time they did, bugs would scurry on the walls. And that was no hallucination. They brought this woman in who had to be carried in. And the shaman sang over her. La-la-la-la-la-la-la. Jamorino heh-heh-heh. The Indian thing, right. La-la-la- la-la-la-luh. It was a healing song -- though I am sure that the woman is no longer with us. Then the guy explained to us that we might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIE FISHER: A Spy In Her Own House | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Congressional indignation at the worsening corruption and repression led to substantial aid cuts, from $76 million in 1985 to $11 million this year. But Doe seemed indifferent to his country's growing bankruptcy. U.S. officials still urged reform, but Doe, who often consults a shaman, responded to one overture from CIA director William Webster by offering him a magic powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia To the Last Man | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

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