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Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
People
Compliment
Rarely
Revenge
Subtle
Turning
Sorcery
Paid
Lavish
Speech
Oppressor
Taken
Oppressors

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