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Word: sultanic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Beastie Boys haven't enrolled at Harvard, as was recently rumored in the National Enquirer. The rappers on the 12-inch single's cover are Jonathan M. "Sultan M.C." Shecter '90 and Bennington College sophomore Kevin "Kevi-Kev" Krakower...

Author: By Jesus I. Ramirez, | Title: Students Cut New Rap Record | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

...saying "I came here to tell you the truth -- the good, the bad and the ugly." North admitted he had engaged in international fund raising for the contras, a campaign that included his staging slide shows for would-be donors. Other officials cadged money from foreign millionaires like the Sultan of Brunei (with characteristic adroitness, the fund raisers temporarily lost the Sultan's $10 million donation, which turned up in the wrong Swiss bank account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Roughest Year | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

Saudi Arms Dealer Adnan Khashoggi built the yacht for more than $100 million, but the hyper-rich Sultan of Brunei took possession of the boat earlier this year, when Khashoggi defaulted on a personal loan. The new owner will dock the craft from time to time near his casinos in Atlantic City. It will cost $2 million or so to dredge a deeper channel to accommodate it, but who's counting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACQUISITIONS: The Good Ship Trump | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...Manchester, N.H., motel room one afternoon last month, Jackson rested under the sheets of a king-size bed. There was something sultan-like about him as he sat propped up, arms folded across his chest, wearing a white undershirt. His voice was the tip-off to his great pleasure as he told of large white audiences that turned out to see him around the country. 'There's a real phenomenon going on out there," Jackson said. Organizations that shunned him in 1984 now urge him to visit. The Montana state legislature gave him a standing ovation. He described...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Jesse Jackson: Respect and respectability | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...Assistant Secretary of State has admitted soliciting $10 million from the Sultan of Brunei. North says Abrams was also aware of his activities on behalf of the contras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Knew What | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

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