Prayer asked for Bush vs. `zero-year curse'.(Intercessors for America ask for prayers that curse will not affect George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
From: The Christian Century
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Date: 1/17/2001
An evangelical prayer organization is asking Christians to pray that President George W. Bush will not succumb to a 160-year-old "curse" linked to the deaths of seven chief executives before their terms ended.
The so-called "zero-year curse" has shown up every 20 years and "killed" seven presidents elected in years ending in zero--except for Ronald Reagan. Some believers say that when Reagan narrowly survived an attempted assassination in 1981 the curse was broken.
Still, ...
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