Ervin is a firm believer in the low-tech "icy glare, " a shooting daggers-evil eye combo.

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Ultimately that belief falls into the same category as a superstition, like the evil eye or the tooth fairy.

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Michigan is staring down the nation's most efficient defense with an evil eye of its own: the country's most potent offense.

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In Sri Lanka, there is a belief that the animal's body parts can ward off the "evil eye" and be used to curse enemies.

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If you're taking a taxi in Chile or New Zealand, for example, the driver won't give you the evil eye if you don't tip -- it's not expected.

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It was hanging on a wire from the wooden door post - placed there last week, a neighbour said - as a charm to ward off the evil eye.

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She wears a gold necklace bearing four lockets -- a heart for love, a cross for her Christian faith, a sand dollar for her fondness of the beach and an eye to ward off evil.

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All those who suffered rejoice this morning and look forward to the day when an Ulster Assembly will come into being that can look the rest of the world in the eye with honour and respect for what they are meant to be as a people who do not reward evil deeds with positions of power.

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