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  2. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    Douglass carried the root on his right side as instructed by Sandy and hoped the root would work when he returned to the plantation. The cruel slave-breaker, Mr. Covey, told Douglass to do some work, but as Mr. Covey approached Douglass, Douglass had the strength and courage to resist Mr. Covey and defeated him after they fought.

  3. Mojo (African-American culture) - Wikipedia

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    Each person needs a different mojo. In traditional Hoodoo, if there are several people needing love, the root worker or conjurer created different mojos for each of their clients. One mojo created the same can not work for everyone. By the twentieth century, Hoodoo was culturally appropriated by outsiders to African-American culture to make a ...

  4. Charity (practice) - Wikipedia

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    In his work Moral Man and Immoral Society, he criticizes charities that fund Black education, arguing that they fail to address the root causes of inequality. Niebuhr states that charity can be a way for the powerful to maintain control while avoiding addressing systemic issues.

  5. Thaumaturgy - Wikipedia

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    Thaumaturgy (/ ˈ θ ɔː m ə t ɜːr dʒ i / ⓘ), derived from the Greek words thauma (wonder) and ergon (work), refers to the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical ...

  6. Tektōn - Wikipedia

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    The characteristic Ancient Greek distinction between the general worker or wood-worker and the stonemason and the metal-worker occurs frequently in the Septuagint: [citation needed] So the carpenter ( tektōn ) encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, ...

  7. Wait, exactly how many people work for the federal government?

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    A closer look at available data shows a variation of a few hundred thousand workers – which seems large but is not a grand expansion of the federal workforce. Close to 3 million federal civilian ...

  8. Trump keeps saying send water from the north to LA fires, but ...

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    As several fires spread across Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send water down south from Northern California despite some local officials ...

  9. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O.