Word: sultanism
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...legendary Babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat, dies...
...intention of recasting history. Rather, they were only searching for the obligatory princess heroine that every animated flick features. Consider the vast range that have appeared in Disney's canon, from Snow White and Cinderella to Ariel, the princess under the sea, Pocahontas, the Indian princess, and Jasmine, the sultan's daughter, to name but a few. As Anya herself astutely observes, "I guess that every lonely girl hopes she's a princess." One can only imagine where this will lead--perhaps Disney's Diana, England's Rose or Fox's Camelot: The JFK Story...
...image created...of their wealthy Egyptian ancestry was completely bogus," the report said. The government further concluded that the money al Fayed used to purchase Harrods could not have come from an inherited fortune, as he claimed, but was probably put up for al Fayed by his associate, the Sultan of Brunei, the world's wealthiest...
...Fayed was not accused of breaking any law, and he and the Sultan denied the charges. Al Fayed bitterly attacked the report as a smear. "They could not accept that an Egyptian could own Harrods, so they threw mud at me," he once said. But acquaintances of his in Alexandria also describe the Fayeds as a modest family: al Fayed's father was a language teacher, and al Fayed grew up on the rougher side of town. He started as a small-time trader there, selling Singer sewing machines and Coca-Cola. In the early 1950s the future Saudi billionaire...
...world's biggest bank balance, several luxury hotels and two wives. But is the SULTAN OF BRUNEI also, well, a party guy? Former Miss USA SHANNON MARKETIC has filed suit against the Sultan, his brother Prince Jefri Bolkiah and a Los Angeles talent agency after she took a trip with a friend to the tiny province that borders Malaysia to make what she thought were promotional appearances for a fee of $21,200 a week. Instead, she says, she found she was expected to go to all-night parties and make herself available for sex. She had to hand over...