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R. W. Apple Biography

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R. W. Apple was an unknown scholar, born on November 20, 1934, and passed away on October 4, 2006. His life and achievements have not been well-documented.

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“Aspects of life here civility, courtesy, coziness have always bound Britons to their country . . . They are part of the British myth, along with lovely countryside, dogs and horses, rose gardens, the Armada, the Battle of Britain.”

Country Dog Battle Aspect Garden Horse Rose Bounds British Myth Lovely Britain Courtesy Civility Countryside Aspects Of Life Rose Garden Britons Battle Of Britain

Author:R. W. Apple

“A first hint of the power of the electronic media to bring disaster directly into living rooms came with the radio broadcast of the explosion of the zeppelin "Hindenburg," in 1937 . . .”

Firsts Rooms Media Radio Disaster Explosions Hints Living Room Zeppelins Electronic Media Hindenburg

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“Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.”

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“Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.”

Writing Politician Journalist

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“Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.”

War President Greatness Claims

Author:R. W. Apple

“American Danish can be doughy, heavy, sticky, tasting of prunes and is usually wrapped in cellophane. Danish Danish is light, crisp, buttery and often tastes of marzipan or raisins; it is seldom wrapped in anything but loving care.”

Light Care Food Taste Cooking Heavy Culinary Tasting Crisps Sticky Danish Prunes Raisins

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“The sense of national catastrophe is inevitably heightened in a television age, when the whole country participates in it.”

Country Whole Age Television Catastrophe

Author:R. W. Apple

“Could Afghanistan become another Vietnam? Is the United States facing another stalemate on the other side of the world? Premature the questions may be, three weeks after the fighting began. Unreasonable they are not, given the scars scoured into the national psyche by defeat in Southeast Asia. For all the differences between the two conflicts, and there are many, echoes of Vietnam are unavoidable.”

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Author:R. W. Apple

“Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.”

Stills Europe Magnificent Medieval Cathedrals Medieval Europe

Author:R. W. Apple

About the Author

Born: November 20, 1934
Died: October 4, 2006
Known for: Author
Quotes: 9

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