If one is to write a musical that focuses on the relationship between two women who devote their lives to a joint venture exploring and treasuring rare books, there is an unavoidable but exciting prerequisite: that it be literate in an age when most musicals aren't.
Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also grieved the iconic singer's death, calling her "one of America's greatest national treasures" in a joint statement.
Among the activities the guys manage to check off on their joint to-do list: finding pirate treasure, riding jet skis, spooning on a picnic blanket and getting married.
Last October, the Palace Museum in Beijing and Taiwan's National Palace Museum held their first-ever joint exhibition in Taipei, displaying paintings and other treasures from a long-splintered imperial collection.
The then South African president, Thabo Mbeki, was inspired by the "intellectual treasure" while visiting Timbuktu in 2001, and initiated a joint project between the two countries.
Driving up the adjacent Washington Road strip, with its bars, burger joints, motels, parking lots and neon plantations, you would struggle to believe such treasure could lie over the fence.
The first fossils of embryonic dinosaur skin are among the treasures from a huge nesting ground in Argentina, described today in New York City at a joint press conference of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the National Geographic Society.
Although Smith had left his treasure hunting company, his former associates believed he had double-crossed them by taking for himself what they considered joint property.
