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Salinger is a master of the memorable detail, the seemingly random gesture, the debris of mundane daily operations, the stuff that is left out of any analysis.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Daily
Mundane
Master
Random
Masters
Detail
Stuff
Gestures
Left
Memorable
Salinger
Operations
Debris
Analysis
Seemingly
Details
Gesture

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