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...persons who seem closest to Khashoggi is Shri Chandra Swamiji Maharaj -- Swamiji, for short. The bearded Hindu guru claims he can see into the future and the minds of mortals. The swami's brochure, which he gives out to the uninitiated, says "his Holiness has appeared on the scene as our real savior." On Christmas Eve at Marbella, the white-robed swami glided down the marble steps in the middle of dinner, with his 14 disciples arrayed behind him. In an interview with an Indian magazine, the swami was asked what brought the two men together. "We have many common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Businessman Adnan Khashoggi's High-Flying Realm | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...Shakespeare Wallah. The story of a troupe of English actors traveling across India, the film was made on a budget of $80,000, small even by Indian standards. The modest renown established by that film was nearly lost by a subsequent series of almost perversely maladroit efforts, including The Guru, Bombay Talkie and Savages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: View From Prospero's Island | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

...17th anniversary of the Radcliffe Pottery Studio sets off a campus-wide celebration. Special seminars are designed to discuss the role of the pottery studio in history. Several panels featuring world-renowned potters will commemorate the anniversary. Noted pot guru Lawrence McKinney turns down his invitation after the University declines to offer him an honorary degree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taurus and Tea Leaves | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

Brother Jasper, a late 19th-century Manhattan College athletic guru who gave his name to the school's sports teams, is credited with the invention of baseball's seventh-inning stretch...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Men Hoopsters Overrun Manhattan, 96-90 | 12/15/1986 | See Source »

...good friend and hygiene guru Rutger Fury had taken part in an impromptu interfaith cooperative hijacking, being as we were in need of a quick ride to Teheran. We figured that Iran would be the best place from which to cover the evolving arms scandal...

Author: By Jeffery J. Wise, | Title: The Friendly Skies | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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