Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill., Dave Dawson column: The value of having a good 'evil eye'.(Column)

From: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) | Date: August 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Dave Dawson

Aug. 18--Decatur Superintendent Gloria Davis was speaking at an open house Tuesday at Hope Academy when she demonstrated her evil eye.

You know that look a woman gets in her eye when she wants someone -- most usually a child, spouse or significant other -- to do something.

It was a good evil eye because I was sitting in the back of the room paying attention to what she was saying and when I caught a look at her evil eye, I had...

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