Word: voo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worst fate. They haven't won a World Series since 1918, and their three years in the Series since then have been epochs of cold destiny and it makes you wonder if the slave ghosts of the Yawkey family's South Carolina plantation aren't visiting some terrible voo-doo on the owner's Boston plantation. And these days, the ghosts couldn't have found a better city...
Capoeira reverses usual dancing and fighting patterns; a capoeirista spends much of the time on his hands while his legs slash through the air in roundhouse kicks (pontapes) or straight jabs (pisadas). Tripping is a favorite tactic; so is the flying dropkick (voo de morsego) that norteamericano wrestlers love. Cartwheels are often used. One of the deadliest blows is the cabecada, a flying head butt to the solar plexus that, if properly delivered, can be fatal...
...Papa Doc cast his spell through the artful use of voodoo, which in effect is Haiti's national religion. Duvalier affected the staring gaze, whispered speech and hyperslow movements recognized by Haitians as signs that a person is close to the voodoo spirits. He solicited the allegiance of voo doo priests in the countryside, often bringing them to Port-au-Prince for a presidential audience, and he encouraged rumors that he possessed supernatural powers. "My enemies cannot get me!" he used to exult to his followers. "I am already an immaterial being...