Evacuation of Vietnam in 1975, U.S. hostage rescue in Iran fails in 1980, FBI chief linked to burning documents in Watergate scandal in 1973, problems with Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986
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Apotropaic magic is designed to ward off or control evil. In vampire fiction, as well as in real life in cultures that include a belief in vampires, apotropaic objects might be crucifixes, cloves of garlic, etc. Apotropaic methods are known to have been used in burials.