His wealth and mayoral scepter make him one of the most powerful billionaires in the world.

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After the tape was mixed, Chips and I flew to Scepter in New York, where my manager had contacts.

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But back in Ghana, she stands out as a gold crown-wearing, scepter-holding king who lives in a refurbished palace.

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He's presented with a scepter and symbolically becomes the highest Indian leader.

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The same luminosity illuminates the Virgin's face, strikes the crystal scepter clutched by the Angel, and dances all over the bejeweled accoutrements he is wearing with such pride.

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If things continued as they were, the Levee district would corner Chicago and swallow it whole, this fine, proud city that wielded its triumphs like a scepter and wore its reputation like a crown.

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Entering through a panorama of the Judean Desert where Herod wintered, we turn left into the restored throne room where he was laid out on a golden bier, crown on head and scepter at hand, as his funeral began.

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For starters, entrepreneurs can preserve their privacy, while running for even a minor political office attracts intense public scrutiny. (And in the YouTube era, if the camera doesn't love you, forget it.) Also, when it comes to wielding the scepter and getting an immediate response, former entrepreneurs have to learn to leave it at the door.

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