1.   He cursed the family, cursed the officers.

2.   The notion that the Kennedy family is cursed is ludicrous, primitive, pre-enlightenment, we tell ourselves.

3.   Rasputin curses the family, the Russian Revolution begins and the family is killed.

4.   Massika suffered the further indignity of being ousted as chieftain of Epassendje by villagers who believed his immediate family was cursed.