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...soil for them to grow food and raise cattle, and sand and stone for them to build their homes. Every year they bring Merapi gifts of food, tobacco and clothing, both to appease it and to seek its protection. The volcano even has a caretaker, appointed by a former sultan of the nearby royal city of Yogyakarta, to ensure that offerings are made and rituals observed. This is no mere mountain, but a giver of life and a deliverer of death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain of Fire | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

DiMaggio had a career batting average of .325 and still holds the record for a consecutive-game hit streak--56, set in 1941. Little wonder he was among great batters like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays who won the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Award, named for his Yankee predecessor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Own a Piece of Joltin' Joe | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

...Nightlife can mean anything. We can provide you a very valuable experience that will hit your soul and your mind, and send you home sober." PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ, head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Commission for Tourism, announcing that the government would begin issuing nonreligious foreign-tourist visas for the country, where alcohol is illegal and nightclubs are scarce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...Nightlife can mean anything. We can provide you a very valuable experience that will hit your soul and your mind and send you home sober." PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ, head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Commission for Tourism, announcing that the government would begin issuing nonreligious foreign-tourist visas for the country, where alcohol is illegal and nightclubs are scarce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: May 15, 2006 | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek,” the prince said in his statement, according to CNN. Alwaleed’s donation follows the University’s return of a controversial $2.5 million gift from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan in 2004. Harvard gave the money, which was originally earmarked for an endowed professorship at the Divinity School, back to the UAE after the Abu Dhabi-based Zayed Center came under fire for promoting an anti-Semitic agenda. In an interview with the Washington Post, Alwaleed said he hopes...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islamic Studies Gets $20M Gift | 12/13/2005 | See Source »

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