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IF you torture a single chicken and are caught, you're likely to be arrested. If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you're an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Torture
Thousands
Likely
Industrialist
Caught
Lauded
Single
Acumen
Alive
Arrested
Chicken
Chickens

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