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If you want to get ahead, get a hat.(The Week)(Brief article)
IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD, GET A HAT. So went the haberdashers' ads, back in the days when men wore hats, and the word "haberdasher" was in common usage. In the Haitian cult of voodoo (nowadays, we note with horror, PC-ified to "vodou"), the formula for worldly advancement is slightly different: If you want to get ahead, get a head. A human head, that is, since this item is believed to be efficacious in protection against evil spirits. Ms. Myrlene Severe, a Haitian native currently resident in Miramar, Fla., is apparently desirous of this protection. Passing through Ft. Lauderdale airport after a trip to her ...
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