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Except for the linkage of their bowels, the twins were normal entities. They differed slightly in size, considerably in temperament. Lucio, the smaller, was impetuous, the leader. He usually walked forward, while bigger, more phlegmatic Simplicio trailed backward. Simplicio habitually slept on his right side, Lucio on his left. Thus Lucio's heart had more work to do at night than Simplicio's, a fact which may have contributed to their differences, for being identical twins, product of the same ovum, they should have been mirror images of each other...
...frenzied Vaslav Nijinsky, shouting to them from the wings while Stravinsky kept a tight grip on the dancer's coat collar. Of Nijinsky, now interned in a Swiss insane asylum, Stravinsky writes: "He spoke little, and, when he did speak, gave the impression of being a very backward youth whose intelligence was very undeveloped for his age. . . . The poor boy knew nothing of music. . . ." To Stravinsky, German Richard Wagner is a bore, his fellow Slav, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a genius of late greatly underrated. Stravinsky says he detests "star conductors" who pride themselves on their interpretations. According to Stravinsky...
Nebraska kicked. Minnesota quarterback Bud Wilkinson caught the ball on his 25-yd. line, ran forward. Then, with the whole Nebraska team massed on the left side of the field to tackle him, he flipped the ball backward to left halfback Andy Uram. Uram streaked down the right side of the field. Before Nebraska had recovered from its surprise, he had scored the touchdown that won for Minnesota its 19th game in succession...
...officeworkers in Manhattan first glimpsed the Hindenburg's silvery nose. A tail wind sped her on to New Jersey. On a Newark roof a garage mechanic stepped backward to get a better view, crashed through a skylight to his death. The big ship floated over Philadelphia, returned to Lakehurst...
Reflected Glory (by George Kelly; Lee Shubert, Homer Curran, producers) exhibits temperamental Actress Tallulah Bankhead cast as a temperamental actress, stalking about on her heels, slapping the furniture to accentuate her outbursts, lowering her voice to a sepulchral baritone, leaning backward at an angle of 30° while combing her hair, ordering a midnight supper of two pork chops, Julienne potatoes, buttermilk, salted peanuts. Written seven years ago by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Craig's Wife and The Show-Off, Reflected Glory at least has the distinction of being Tallulah Bankhead's most creditable vehicle since...