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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Shoot
Back
Miles
Anger
Work
Animal
Way
Five
Men
Space
Interplanetary
Society
Intends
Given
Efficient

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