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Curse Ancient Mariner cursed by the crew because his slaying of the albatross is causing their deaths. [Br. Poetry: Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner] king of the dwarfs; his malediction spurs many events in the Nibelungenlied. [Norse Myth.: Bulfinch] cursed by Thyestes, whose children Atreus had served to him in a stew. [Gk. Legend: Benét, 61] cursed by God for murdering Abel. [O. T.: Genesis 4:11] dying at the hand of her son Alcmaeon, she curses any land that would shelter him. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 20] the Eumenides haunt a decaying English family because the head of the house had plotted to kill his pregnant wife. [Br. Drama: Magill II, 321] sea captain condemned to sail unceasingly because he had invoked the Devil’s aid in a storm. [Maritime legend: Brewer Dictionary] brought disaster to all who possessed it. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 442] about to be executed as a wizard, laid a bloody doom on the Pyncheons. [Am. Lit.: Hawthorne The House of the Seven Gables] doomed by a curse to roam the earth for 150 years after his death. [Br. Lit.: Melmoth the Wanderer] wrested by an English officer from Buddhist priests, who place a curse on all who possess it. [Br. Lit.: Collins The Moonstone in Benét, 683] he and all future lords of Ruddigore are doomed by a witch to commit a crime a day forever. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan Ruddigore]
cursed the house of Atreus, who had served him his sons in a stew. [Gk. Myth. & Drama: “Atreus,” Benét, 61] its opening supposed to have brought a curse upon its excavators, some of whom died soon after. [Pop. Cult.: Misc.] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Donoghue, professor of neuroscience at Brown University, and co-developer of a system that has allowed a paralyzed man to move a computer curser with the help of a computer chip embedded in his brain. In terms of design and use of digital environments, at a certain developmental level a child's fine motor abilities will enable him or her to manipulate a mouse and thus move between computer screens by holding the curser over a point and moving their finger to click that point. New Graphic Interface and Curser Control Device Replace Text-Based |
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