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...Lucio & Simplicio Godino, Filipinos, were born on the Island of Samar in the Philippines. Due to a monstrous accident of gestation, they were firmly bound at the tail bones by a link of muscle, fibre and intestine. Simplicio's digestive tract ended in a blind pocket of gut about half an inch short of where it should have ended. He drained through the connecting link into his Brother Lucio's normal colon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Siamese Severed | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

None of the equerries produced the petition, but the Town Council Chairman whisked out a copy and when King Edward had read this through without changing his expression he stuffed it into his pocket without comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Errand of Mercy | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

...published simultaneously in Braille by the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville. There is very slight resemblance in format as the greater bulk necessitated by the embossed letters results in three volumes, each 13½ in. by 11 in. and over an inch thick, instead of the pocket-size edition for those who can see. Originally each issue was incorporated in one volume, but this style book was too bulky for convenient handling. Even though they are surprisingly able to print on both sides of the pages, each month's issue weighs four pounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 23, 1936 | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...case is expected to come up for argument in the highest Wisconsin tribunal sometime this week. If no error can be found in the decision of the lower court, Harvard will have only to settle the estate of Mrs. Nieman, pay Federal and Wisconsin taxes, and pocket the remainder. How much this will be is still very much of an unknown quantity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nieman $5,000,000 Will Is Due For Hearing Before End of Week | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...young idealist as Bus" Jones, the college communist. The best performance is that of Lionel stander, who will be remembered for his work in another Hecht and MacArthur film, "The Scoundrel." He fills the role of Muglia, Belinda's kidnapper, who can carry Lenin and Stalin in his coat pocket, and still have room for Karl Marx; the scene in which he philosophizes to Belinda is worth the rest of the film. The picture on the whole, is not up to the standard of the famous team. However, besides being a telling commentary on a foolish fad, "Soak the Rich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

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