Word: voodooed
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...Voodoo spells, he says, often are effective in primitive cultures because they produce a social isolation that makes illness more likely, and religion has traditionally promoted good health by providing companionship and hope. The lesson for America's doctors, he believes, is that an old-fashioned bedside manner plays a crucial role in the recovery of patients. It may be counterproductive, he says, to send patients away with pills when what they need is human contact...
...Caribbean-born stewardess alleged that her airline discriminated against her by asking that she desist from flaunting her voodoo equipment...
Item 3: Any habitually anxious air traveler can imagine the concern of the airline that requested a Boston-based stewardess to quit draping herself in ceremonial voodoo jewelry while working. Still, her religion so attached her to the artifacts that she resisted the request with a complaint to the Massachusetts commission against discrimination. Unfortunately, the issue she presented was left muddled: the airline compromised, permitting her to wear her voodoo jewelry with half sho"wing and the other half concealed. Questions: Is there not some limit to an individual's right to insist on private taste in dress while...
...scuba-diving, they discover tantalizing clues to both treasures. Very soon she is being forced to strip in front of the assembled baddies, though she could not possibly conceal the object they seek -a large medallion-on her pretty person. A little later they invade her room dressed in voodoo getups, smear her body with blood and seem to do something rather peculiar with a chicken claw they're carrying. The sadism is excessive for this context, and the employment of blacks in the roles of sex fiends caters to an ugly racial stereotype that should have died with...
When my turn comes, I'll try prayer, voodoo or apricot pits in preference to those scientists who offer only unpromising statistics as prognosis on their tender ministrations...