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Scores are absurdly important, One hundred points could easily make or break a kid.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Make
Absurdity
Score
Points
Easily
Hundred
Break
Kids
Absurdly
Important
Scores

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