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For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.

Louis Kronenberger

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Louis Kronenberger
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
Critic
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Forming
Habit
Taste
Television
Millions
Brain
Softening
Become
Tens
People
Degrading

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