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Article: The vagaries of affection. (reflections on theater)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- November 3, 1997
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Robert Ripley, creator of the widely syndicated feature "Believe It Or Not," liked certain subjects more than others. Men with many wives beguiled him (and his readers); so did Ubangis with distended lips, birthmarks in the shape of continents, and sheep with six legs. In fact, he probably would have gone out of business without accidents of nature. They made many an appearance in his column, with close and prurient attention paid to the 19th-century celebrities Chang and Eng. These naturalized Americans, we were informed, had been joined at the hip since birth--yet the so-called Siamese twins married two very different Caucasians, with whom they fathered 22 children.
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