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...step over the lintel to see us out, as usually happens in China. On our way to the front gate, we passed the policeman, who had found himself a folding chair and was slumped in it, Buddha belly bulging. He waved to us and called out a cheery, "Bye bye...
...late '60s, Broadway-musical actress-dancer-singer Gretchen Wyler visited her local dog pound in Warwick, N.Y. Wyler (whose shows included the original Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie and Damn Yankees) immediately redirected her energies to animal-rights activism. She launched the Genesis Awards, which since 1986 have annually honored such media and entertainment figures as Paul McCartney for tackling animal-protection issues, and in the '90s merged her action group, Ark Trust, with the U.S. Humane Society...
...What's the story, morning glory? / What's the word, hummingbird?" That was Broadway teen talk back in the early '60s, when the high school kids in Bye Bye Birdie gossiped about their friends in a game of telephone tag. More than 40 years later, another band of gossipy girls is peeking out of another set of windows on a Broadway stage. How far have we advanced? Well, the kids are in a college sorority now, and the squeals of excitement--and the title of the opening song--have evolved into dumbed-down Valley-speak: Omigod You Guys...
...This town is built on sand - there's no soil - and it's almost underwater already. I used to have a bungalow on the beach. Today, the sea has taken the beach, all 200 meters of it, and the bungalow. If we get hit by a hurricane, it's bye-bye Port Gentil." He has relayed his concerns to the petroliers, "and they know full well that some of the blame for global warming, disturbed weather patterns and rising sea levels is theirs." But except for a single firm funding a study of Gabon's environment, they confine themselves...
...leave Gorayeb and take the short drive to the airport. In the main hall, a series of departure boards list oil company charters arriving and leaving every five minutes during the morning and evening rush hour. Hello, bye-bye...