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The International Chess Federation anointed its first black grandmaster . Maurice Ashley, a 34-year-old Jamaican immigrant to the United States, earned his place among the world's 470 grandmasters through superior tournament play.
Deputy President Thado Mbeki, whom Mandela has anointed as his successor, has also admitted that he commissioned acts of terrorism when he was a member of the ANC's national executive committee.
(She was anointed a columnist in 1995, replacing Anna Quindlen in what National Review calls the Times ' "liberal Irish woman's seat."
George W. Bush, anointed, refuses to campaign for president till summer arrives.
For some Americans, JFK remains the anointed apostle of the New Frontier.