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Last month an investigative reporter pretended to be the aide of a "sheik" eager to pay a p.r. firm $340,000 to bring fame to his (fictional) new hotel in Dubai and invited Sophie's business partner Murray Harkin to some meetings. Harkin chatted about liking "the odd line of coke" and offered to set up dinner parties with very attractive male friends (he is gay). At the third meeting, Sophie came to clinch the deal...
...alack! A Murdoch rival, the Mail on Sunday, printed "excerpts" overheard by bitter Wessex employees--including Sophie allegedly calling Cherie Blair, the Prime Minister's wife, "absolutely horrid horrid horrid," and boasting about her likeness to Princess Diana (whom Sophie then also allegedly dissed). Moral: Beware the wolf in sheik's clothing...
...OPEC's more economically strapped member countries, such as Iran and Venezuela, may be more inclined to press for higher prices, but Yamani fears such short-term thinking may be disastrous for the cartel by prompting new exploration and creating economic effects that once again shrink demand. But Sheik Yamani is no longer in charge of Saudi oil policy, and indications are that the cuts will go ahead. Which will leave all eyes on the global economic numbers - and Saddam Hussein's next move...
...enacting a scene from Oz b. Insisting the other go first c. Testing the new Tickle Me Yasser d. Acting out a wrestling match between the Iron Sheik, Goldberg and Hillbilly...
...Arafat, too, may have made his position even more difficult. He's drawn every single Arab and Muslim around the world into the Palestinian problem, and that's going to restrict his own freedom of movement. A Tunisian sheik in Kashmir is now saying, 'That's my Jerusalem.' Every Arab who sent a check to support Arafat in this uprising will expect him to respect their concerns...