Number 2 (Austin Powers) of Dr. Evil's plan to take over or destroy the world; he has been overseeing Dr. Evil's empire for 30 years, and turned it into a profitable business, an enterprise that would be ruined if Dr. Evil poured all of its resources into his half-baked bids for world domination. In the first movie's final scenes, Number 2 betrays his boss, offering to build a partnership with Powers. In a deleted scene from "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", he even offers Austin $1 billion (U.S.) contained in a Fendi briefcase. When Austin counts the money, he says, "You're 832 dollars
Powers of the President of Singapore are willing to give an experienced Monarch who thoroughly understands and has always strictly observed constitutional limitations, a discretion to what he would say, and are content to take full responsibility knowing well that the Monarch will say nothing of which his Ministers would not approve". Shanmugam posed the question: "If the purpose is to influence the Government, would the best approach be to go public, or would it be to speak to the Prime Minister – as is generally done?" However, Shanmugam expressed the view that where an issue concerns the discretionary powers that the President is explicitly endowed