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It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.

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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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