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Gaddafi, who fancies himself the prophet of Arab unity in the tradition of the late Gamal Abdel Nasser, undoubtedly saw more than mere economic advantage to joining with Tunisia. He may have also viewed it as a means of punishing Egypt for backpedaling on its planned unification with Libya and for not even consulting him before launching the October war against Israel. Gaddafi was so miffed at Egypt's attitude that he refused to attend last November's Arab summit in Algeria...
That record companies and pop magazines pushed Dylan as prophet was natural. If Dylan did not strenuously reject the title, he did not truly claim the mantle either. As early as 1964, Dylan could write songs like "My Back Pages," caricaturing his earlier moralism as over serious self righteousness...
Determination of the point spread is a fine, intuitive art practiced by an elite group of Las Vegas odds makers. Though Martin, 54, has officially retired from the Churchill Downs Sports Book, he remains the chief prophet of the establishment known as "the Church." More-publicized experts, such as Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, have been known to check their picks against Martin's. "There's nothing mysterious about setting the line," Martin insists. During the regular season, when spreads are selected for the 13 games each weekend, Martin watches games on TV, consults the U.P.I, sports wire...
...Latter-day Saints, whenever there is a vacancy, falls to the senior member of the church's governing Council of Twelve Apostles. Last week, following tradition, the council "invited, sustained and ordained" Spencer Woolley Kimball, 78, as the church's new president. Kimball thus became the fourth "prophet, seer and revelator" of the Mormons in as many years. President David O. McKay died in 1970 at 96, Joseph Fielding Smith hi 1972 at 95, and Harold B. Lee, the most recent incumbent and longtime guiding administrative genius of the church, just two weeks...
...rose to prominence in church circles as a welfare worker during the Depression, eventually developed the program into a $20 million enterprise. Named a member of the church's governing Council of the Twelve Apostles in 1941, Lee was one of the youngest men ever to become "prophet, seer, and revelator" of the Mormons. Lee succeeded 95-year-old Joseph Fielding Smith upon his death 18 months...