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The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Bilingual
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Guru
Doe
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Gifted
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Might
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