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...again, the worlds most priceless object, The Jewel of Denial, picked up an inspector-gadget type at the bar (color: plaid), discovered her family heritage, failed to fire her criminal maid, financed an expedition to Egypt worthy of the Natural History Museums Alumni Tours, forgot to stop at the Nile, befriended a beheaded Pharoahs wife, and used, we presume, approximately 36 cans of hairspray to hold her coiffure firmly three feet above her head...
...this point had escaped anyone, it seems that industry isn't doing the planet any good, and our riverways may be getting the brunt of the abuse. Among the world's largest - and most traveled - waterways, the Yellow River (China), the Colorado River (U.S.) and the segment of the Nile River that runs into the Mediterranean (Africa) are in terrible shape, due mostly to agricultural and industrial run-off, as well as increased rates of evaporation. On the bright(er) side, the relatively sheltered Amazon (South America) and Congo (sub-Saharan Africa) are looking pretty robust. For the moment, anyway...
...epochal change presided over by a Pharaoh named Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. During his 17-year reign the old gods were cast aside, monotheism was introduced, and the arts liberated from their stifling rigidity. Even Egypt's capital was moved to a new city along the Nile called Akhetaten (modern Amarna). But like Camelot, it was short-lived, and its legacy was buried in the desert sands...
...rehabilitation of Wen Ho Lee continues. According to Friday's Washington Post, investigators say an analysis of a document turned over to the CIA by a former Chinese government official shows that, much like the Nile, the leaks of plans for the top-secret W-88 warhead could have a number of possible sources. The reason: The plans the Chinese drew up from them were too inaccurate to have come from the lab where the warhead was designed...
This year's HPT production "The Jewel of Denial"--inspired by the 1985 adventure "The Jewel of the Nile"--will be Liang's vehicle...