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How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory.

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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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Husbands
Waiting
Wives
Lives
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Fame
Women
Glory
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Men
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