1. That Victor Li was anointed heir to his father's business empire is in line with Chinese tradition.
2. Grass roots marketing and a devoted audience likely to do its devoting with dollars could make this one an anointed performer this weekend.
3. All political parties have already anointed presidential candidates - turning the primary into a dress rehearsal for October.
4. An icon of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, he was an autocratic ruler and had never clearly anointed a successor.
5. Putin anointed Medvedev as his preferred successor and moved into the prime minister's job after the 2008 presidential election.
6. Action superstar Jackie Chan has anointed his successor but with a stark warning about the future.
7. But it was actually uttered by the newly anointed richest person in the Chinese mainland.