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...First Charioteer in the reign of Ramses II and succeeds in getting reincarnated three or four times--ancient Egypt is a land of many weird rites and customs, filled with magic, telepathy and violence. Menenhetet relates his odyssey from a Nile village to the Pharaoh's chariot in the glorious battle against the Hittites at Kadesh to the beds of the royal harem and the Queen from beyond the grave. He also prefaces the tale with a recasting of a number of stories from Egyptian mythology, a section which is by far the finest of the book. Surreal, unlabored...
Prior to its glorious sixth. Harvard had twice loaded the bases, but managed to convert those opportunities into only two runs. In the third inning, with one away. Wilson chopped a grounder over the B.U. pitcher, allowing Nancy Andrea to score for the first Crimson...
...best example is this year's issue of Pro Quarterback which carries an altogether rosy profile of New Orleans running back George Rogers, who was the league's top rusher in his rookie year. The article, titled "The Making of a Superstar," chronicles the former Heisman Trophy winner's glorious first year but omits one crucial detail: Rogers' off-season admission that he has a bad drug problem which caused him to spend $10,000 on cocaine during his stellar rookie season...
...course, the flashbacks: to Clouseau's domestic wars with his man-servant Cato, to his childhood and "accomplishments" sleuthing, and to his characteristic butchering of the English language. The second half of the film is, in a sense, the "Best of Clouseau"--and for Panther devotees, it is glorious...
...Horror! Humor! Fairground Art (Abbeville; 312 pages; $85) offers 1,100 illustrations (700 in glorious color) of European and American carnival equipment and advertising, many of which deserve an exclamation mark. Authors Geoff Weedon and Richard Ward provide a pictorial history of their eye-catching subject, from the primitive wedding-cake carousels of the last century to the heavy-metal speed rides of today. The history of the merry-go-round discloses an intriguing variety of national tastes. Americans preferred animals in armor; the French were fond of cats and bunnies; and the Germans liked galloping pigs. As fascinating...