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...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...
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...
...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...
...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...
Going into the 1986-'87 campaign, the big question was "Is there life after Kenton?" The racquetmen proceeded to show that they could live (and win) without the The Sultan of Streaks by capturing their fifth straight Ivy League and national team titles...