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Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

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Stanley Crouch
Age: 74 †
Born: 1945
Born: December 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 16
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