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Melville injects these environs with a superstitious aura. Frequently, it is explicit--a fake phantom in "I Do Not Take Take Messages from Dead People," or the black magic of an obeah man in "The Conversion of Millicent Vernon." More often, she only hints at spectral shadows--voodoo, zombies and the occult in general--to supply that uniquely West Indian flavor...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: A Middling Debut | 10/4/1991 | See Source »

Bunratty's--at 186 Harvard Ave. in Allston. Call 254-9804. On Thursday: Wheelers and Dealers. On Friday: Voodoo Dolls. On Saturday: High Hats with Agent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clubs | 10/3/1991 | See Source »

...VOODOO (Disney) An innocent middle-class family returns from vacation in Jamaica with a voodoo witch doctor who turns New York upside down with his bag of tricks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Pipeline | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

...Americans characterize Haiti as voodoo, the [dictatorial regime the] Duvaliers and extreme poverty, [but] we found extraordinary hope in the majority of the people," says Vice Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, who recently embarked on a tour of the country...

Author: By Benjamin O. Davis, | Title: Cambridge's Haitians Look to Help Those Left at Home | 4/24/1991 | See Source »

...school graduates go on to college, parents have had to fight to restore a European-history course that was canceled as Eurocentric and elitist. Meanwhile, students have been enticed into fringe electives with such sales pitches as "Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a voodoo doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upside Down in the Groves of Academe | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

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