fortunetelling
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
fortunetelling see divination .
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&type=1 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
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Lauderhill may ban fortunetelling.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 8/28/2006; 519 words;
... immediately and the others would have to stop fortunetelling after September 2009. Other cities, such as ... current businesses with occupational permits for fortunetelling, astrology, clairvoyance and similar uses would ... the city later gets complaints about stores fortunetelling, the ban would let the ...
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&type=1 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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2 Gypsy clans' feud over fortunetelling offers rare glimpse into insular culture
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/7/2007; Gillian Flaccus Associated Press; 860 words;
... two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California ... Gypsy families, have run numerous fortunetelling businesses in Southern California ... Merino and his wife, Sonia, opened fortunetelling parlors in two trendy resort sections ...
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&type=1 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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FUTURE IS HAZY FOR PSYCHICS BAN ON FORTUNETELLING REMAINS AFTER MEETING.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/15/1999; Flynn, Kevin; 275 words;
Byline: Kevin Flynn News Staff Writer A proposal to legalize fortunetelling for profit in Denver ran into an unforeseen roadblock on Wednesday. A Denver City Council committee tossed the idea back to the ... Casey said. ``They probably knew it wasn't going to go anywhere so they didn't bother to show up.'' Though ...
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FUTURE IS HAZY FOR PSYCHICS BAN ON FORTUNETELLING REMAINS AFTER MEETING
Denver Rocky Mountain News; 4/15/1999; Kevin Flynn; News Staff Writer; 297 words;
Kevin Flynn; News Staff Writer Denver Rocky Mountain News 04-15-1999 FUTURE IS HAZY FOR PSYCHICS BAN ON FORTUNETELLING REMAINS AFTER MEETING A proposal to legalize fortunetelling for profit in Denver ran into an unforeseen roadblock on Wednesday. A Denver City Council committee tossed the idea back ...
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FORTUNETELLING FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE SUBURBS
The Boston Globe; 11/5/1989; Amy Callahan, Contributing Reporter; 963 words;
... what has got to be among the biggest fortunetelling operations in the state. Each week ... may be the biggest, but many other fortunetelling businesses are sprinkled throughout ... pooh-poohed.) Ten dollars for a 15-minute fortunetelling. Fifteen dollars for a combination ...
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE URGES REPEAL OF BAN ON FORTUNETELLING FOR PAY
Denver Rocky Mountain News; 9/14/2000; Peggy Lowe; News Staff Writer; 246 words;
Peggy Lowe; News Staff Writer Denver Rocky Mountain News 09-14-2000 COUNCIL COMMITTEE URGES REPEAL OF BAN ON FORTUNETELLING FOR PAY Astrologer Sara Shepard didn't need to read the ... The obscure law has made it illegal to get paid for ``fortunetelling, palmistry or clairvoyance,'' except for religious ...
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Economic fortunetelling. (economist John Shelnutt's predictions on Arkansas' economy)
Arkansas Business; 7/29/1991; Ford, Kelly; 845 words;
Economic Fortunetelling There is no crystal ball economists use to predict the future ... economy is into its second quarter of recovery. That's the good news. The bad news is that the recovery will soothe recession wounds slower than any ...
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Real Magnet Bets Its Future on Fortunetelling
The Washington Post; 1/8/2001; Neil Irwin; 324 words;
... up that offers Web sites software that enables them to create fortunetelling contests for their visitors to play. The software allows users to predict the outcome of sports, news or other events, and awards them points for accuracy. The bet ...
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&type=2 "Skeptic (Altadena, CA)")
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When is fortunetelling a bad thing?
Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 1/1/1999; 620 words;
... Louk investigates criminal foretuntellers. The good news for kids is that criminal fortunetellers aren't ... vulnerable. Many criminal psychics do most of their fortunetelling for small fees, telling mostly flattering feel good ... solve their problems. The danger of this kind of fortunetelling is that you ...
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Trio Charged in Md. Fortunetelling Scheme; Police Say Montgomery Woman Paid Thousands to Have 'Curse' Removed
The Washington Post; 1/21/2006; Ernesto Londono; 609 words;
... fortuneteller, her husband and one of their daughters in court. They are charged with theft, conspiracy and fortunetelling. Fortunetelling for profit is a violation of Maryland law. Montgomery County Assistant State's Attorney Carol Crawford ...
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IN LOS ANGELES, FORTUNETELLING IS BIG BUSINESS
Daily Breeze; 1/1/2007; Rachel Uranga, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS; 590 words;
... be eclipsed by her popularity during the next 12 months. Fortunetelling is a booming business in this city -- especially at the ... time is right. That makes me feel good." The business of fortunetelling is especially popular in Latino communities. Spanish-language ...
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Recipe for fortunetelling: create a random pattern and add imagination.(Brief Article)
Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 1/1/1999; 239 words;
... answers printed on each surface floats up to a window in the bottom of the ball with an answer. Objects formerly used for fortunetelling are sometimes used today for gambling because they generate random patterns: playing cards, dice, and wheels of fortune ...
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The Spell of Fortunetelling; Anne Spillard's Mesmerizing Fiction Within a Fiction
The Washington Post; 7/20/1989; Michele Slung; 778 words;
... rescued her from waitressing in London, brought her to Avalon and given her the leisure to turn her observations into fiction. Fortunetelling is one thing; there's an ego gratification to it-for both parties involved. But novel-writing, though May frequently points ...
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FORTUNETELLING FORRESTER RESEARCH, OTHERS POST BIG PROFITS BY FORECASTING THE FUTURE OF WEB BUSINESS
The Boston Globe; 8/2/2000; STEVEN SYRE AND CHARLES STEIN, GLOBE STAFF; 931 words;
Chances are you have heard the analogy comparing frenetic development of the Internet to a gold rush, in which the big winners are not prospectors but the people who sell picks and shovels. The virtual-world equivalents, Web infrastructure giants such as Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp., in fact
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&type=4 "Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)")
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The deputy director of the OMB balances Leon Panetta's grim fortunetelling with...
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 5/8/1993; 1061 words;
00-00-0000 NEAL CONAN, Host: This is Weekend Edition. I'm Neal Conan. Coming up, a visit to the garden. But first, when Leon Panetta, the Clinton administration's budget director, worried publicly about the prospect of some administration's programs recently, it came as no surprise to many in
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