On the journey home, the men sing the song of the paddle to protect them from the forest's spirits. ... The palms (like the arms of the human) are used in the construction of houses and the core (inner flesh) provides more than 90% of the Asmat diet. ... There is pressure for the men to drive the spirits from the village during their final dance. ... Furthermore in 1963 they burned festival houses and other significant cultural and religious items and dancing and drumming were forbidden. ... Their trees are cut down with chainsaws and as the trees fall, so fall the tree spirits. ...

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Through out this act Abby continues to tell her uncle how there were not conjuring spirits in the woods they were simply dancing. ... Also in Act 1 Parris is questioning Abby about why she was dismissed from the proctors house (I think he knows about the affair at this point) and Abigail explains that Elizabeth hates her and is a liar but I think this is all a front to get her uncle to believe the lies she is telling him. ... In Act three in the courtrooms at every point when things are going wrong for her she turns to the spirits. ... I cannot sleep for dreaming"'"; I cannot dream but...

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The spirits told the Zuni to find the "idiwana or the middle place" (Terry, 2002), so they could build their village. ... They took this as a message from the spirits and started to build their village (Bonvillain, 1995, pp.14). The Zuni people worship spirits called the Raw People. ... Membership for this cult is hereditary in the matrilineal family residing in the house (Terry, 2002). ... Kachinas are spirits, there are many spirits, like spirits of the dead, spirits of animals, and spirits of the stars to name a few (Terry, 2002). ...

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The Cloud Street library is not seen as part of the house, everyone, except Fish, neglects it. It took the love between Rose and Quick as well as the birth of Wax Harry in the library to exorcise the spirits of the Aboriginal girl and the White woman and make the library inhabitable again. ... She did not feel right being in the house and she "wasn't the type to argue with a living, breathing house". Oriel does not move back into the house until the end of the book when she packs up the tent with the help of Dolly, only when Fish is complete does she feels that she can move back into ...

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Therefore, why would she have commanded one of her evil spirits to kill some horses and cows? ... Say of Molmesworth to steal victuals for him out of her master's house" (pg.308). ... Finally, if he had two spirits to do whatever mischief he desired, then why did he not use them for his benefit? ... Secondly, there were always two spirits given to the people. ... These spirits were said to have been used to perform mischievous deeds as well as to have sucked from the person's body. ...

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The house is personified in the novel and is very much apart of the family. ... The house is alive and Fish hears it talking. Also the spirits that haunt the library give the house a numinous feel. Later the evil spirits are dispelled when Quick and Rose cut a hole in the library. In the end the house's " door stood open, pressed back by the breeze they made in passing, the doors remained open almost as if welcoming "the little boxy woman and the big blowsy woman- Tim Winton's Cloudstreet tells us, families though not always loving and supporting, will be there in times of need. ...

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When that failed to boost the people's spirits a prison party was held to celebrate of Flint's new jail. ... Money that was thrown away on trying to keep spirits high could have been used to create jobs or invest in some type of program that would help the citizens of Flint. ... Despite the efforts to maintain high spirits in Flint, whether they were naive or in denial, the citizens could not ignore the continuing deterioration of their city. ... Those upper class citizens who made such ignorant comments obviously were in no fear of losing their job or house, unlike many others. ...

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The idea of having to call upon the "spirits" and gods, the most divine of beings also can be interpreted to suggest multiple meanings. ... In this line, Lady Macbeth uses the word "spirits" to represent the substance of her evilness that she wishes to pass on to Macbeth. ... This is achieved through the importance of the word "spirits", a representation of ones body and soul. The fact that Lady Macbeth is willing to sacrifice her "spirits" reflects on the extreme levels of her will and hunger. ... (1.5.71-72), basically ordering Macbeth to murder him in their own house. ...

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Timeline: Spirits in the Colonial Period 1300 (France)- Arnald of Villanova, a professor at the French medical school of Montpellier, who made the instructions for wine distillation. 1386 (France)- Charles II was struck with fever and paralysis, so they used distillation of wine as a medicine. 1405 (Ireland)- Richard MacRagh died after drinking the water of life to excess. 1478 (Germany)- First printed book about distillation was written by Micheal Puff von Schrick. 1496 (Germany)- People began the process of distilling wine on their own. 1679 (Africa West Coast)- Rum and spirits rose h...

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Following this comes her powerful "unsex me here" speech, in which she summons the "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to fill her "from the crown to the toe, top full of direst cruelty". ... This has made her capable of deceit for she is gracious towards Duncan by saying to him; "All or service, In every point twice done, and then done double, Where poor, and single, and single business, to contend Against those honours deep, and broad, Wherewith your Majesty loads our house:" Whilst all along she is planning his murder. Despite her strength she still needs extra courage t...

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However, the day is save by a group of Sallah's children running into the restaurant, surrounding Indiana, and escorting him back to the house. ... When he arrived back at Sallah's house he is too upset to notice the dates were tampered with. ...

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The introduction of the ways of the animals and their spirits, the bear, beaver, wolf, wolverine was passed on. ... How to commune with the spirits of Nature and the respect of the elements. ... That Hannah housed the pain and suffering of her people. ...

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After watching Fellini's films La Dolce Vita, 8-1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, La Strada, and City of Women certain characteristics are noticeable. ... In 8-1/2 there is a harem fantasy sequence, and the wife plays the motherly role by cleaning house. ... In Juliet of the Spirits, Julieta is the "super wife." ...

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Congress consists of a 204 seat House of Representatives and a 24 seat senate. ... Most of the houses stand close together in small clusters. ... Some house will have out houses and even out door kitchens, but they usually have electricity and a water supply. Many of the more richer homes will have large fences around their houses and very large mean dogs. ... A main thing kept outside the houses is a large mask which is used to keep bad spirits away; most are very scary looking. ...

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I have talked with them when they came by my house and I have accepted their flyers. ... They believe physical birth gives bodies to these spirits, along with that, the opportunity to choose right from wrong, making our present life a period of probation in which we are tested. ... Roman Catholics do not believe that we are pre-existing spirits before we are conceived into this world. ... With baptism, we were brought into God's house. ...

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Kachinas were Hopi spirits or gods, which lived within the mountains. ... The houses were built with frames of large trees. ... The totem pole of a family might have animals, birds, and religious spirits carved on them. ... The inside of the house also had carved posts if the family was an important one. ... A normal Cherokee town had about 30 - 60 houses and a large meeting building. ...

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In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Harry is staying at his aunt and uncles house during his summer vacations. ... Hermione tries to help the house-elves against prejudice. ... Harry fights the dark wizard and comes out as draw, Harry is helped by the spirits Voldemort killed to escape. ... People recruit immigrants to be house cleaners and are treated horrible by their employers. ... She was just a house-elf to a powerful wizard, she was freed and worked at Hogwarts. ...

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The Window Tax was a tax based on the amount of windows a house has, in essence the richer you were the bigger the house you are likely to own, the bigger the house the more windows you are likely to have and thus you paid more tax. ... The commutation act did more than just reduce the price of tea; it also reduced the price of wines, spirits, tobacco and other goods as well as tightening up on revenue agencies, thus increasing the amount of trade that the government actually carried out. ...

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For Kyra, "The car was her sanctuary- (73) In between houses, she found freedom and relaxation as she was in control of every aspect of her driving experience: her music, her speed, and her overall mental state. ... This house was the last house that she had to close up at the end of her day, and it was her favorite. ... Though separated by race, social status and cultural differences, America and Kyra share many similarities when examining their hard work and determined spirits. ...

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To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th"access and passage to remorse". She talks to the evil spirits to make her cold-hearted with lines such as, "fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty! ... In our house!" ...

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In the past, the people of northern Europe believed that bogs were inhabited by gods and spirits (who had control on their lives) and they thought the bogs were places where they could communicate with the gods and spirits, and dead relatives as well. ...

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He may have to travel by canoe or hike over mountains, doing whatever is necessary to get to her house. ... Once he arrived to the house, he sat with the father and drank chicha (a fermented drink made by Shuar women, it is the most important and sacred Shuar food) and showed great respect for the older man. ... It is taken several times throughout the life of a Shuar, to heal illness and journey deep into the world of spirits; To become more in tune and stronger physically and mentally. ...

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A forty-two year old New Yorker named Theodore Roosevelt took control of the White House. ... Teddy's birth took place in the Roosevelt's house, located on East Twentieth Street, in New York City. The house was located in a nice quiet neighborhood were the Roosevelts lived very comfortably. ... Theodore Sr. return from Washington lifted Teddy's spirits and health immeasurably (12). ... s return lifted Teddy spirits, that Teddy gave his father cause to discipline him. ...

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When the boy reaches the age of eight it is the end of his childhood and he is ceremonially removed from his mother's home and joins the men's house in the center of the village. ... These areas are termed the intelligent parts of the body and are painted to get rid of the spirits as well as to re-energize them and add to their sensitivity. ... As part of the ceremony the man would receive a large V stretching from his shoulders to his navel, the men are also confined to their houses and have dietary taboos. ...

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But if your mind were to divine the trials That fate will have you meet before you reach Your country, you would choose to stay, to keep This house with me - and live immortally. ... Upon returning home and discovering many suitors living in his house, Odysseus decides to do his wife justice by punishing all of them. ... (Matthew 8:1 - 4) "When Jesus arrived at Peter's house, Peter's mother-in-law was in bed with a high fever. ... All the spirits fled when he commanded them to leave; and he healed all the sick." ...

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