He had also obtained a PhD in Islamic studies from the Islamic University of Baghdad, and would draw on both to legitimise his unprecedented claim to anoint himself caliph of the Islamic world in July 2014, which realised a sense of destiny evident in the prison yard a decade earlier.
Democrats in Iowa have reservations about Clinton, and are hostile to the idea that their role is simply to anoint the candidate-in-waiting whom they rejected eight years ago.
Perhaps the best indicator of the level of collective indignation was how everyone was so blinded by rage they forgot to anoint the episode with the customary 'gate' suffix.
Throughout history people have used saliva to anoint, to charm, to protect.
Remove from the heat, anoint with fresh lemon juice and scatter with fresh pepper.
There is also speculation that Berlusconi may formally anoint his daughter, Marina, as his political heir and keep the family brand in the spotlight.
On September 19th, he re-emerged breathing fire with political diaries that have shaken Australia's political establishment, and left the Labor Party surely regretting it had ever been rash enough to anoint him .The Latham Diaries" are the most explosive political document Australia has seen in a long time, perhaps ever.
Party chiefs are attempting to anoint him as their candidate.
He did not want to anoint Labour's next most experienced politician, Henry McLeish, as his successor.
Many tea-partiers hope to anoint ideological Republican nominees.
The closing line sounds eerie now.However, AIG has yet publicly to anoint a successor, clear up its overseas registrations, find a way to provide confidence in accounting for derivatives, and persuade investors it is properly scrutinised by regulators.
