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 Russell Baker (born 14 August 1925 ) is an American writer best known as a newspaper columnist and author of memoirs on his life and times. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 So This Is Depravity (1980) 1.2 There's a Country in My Cellar (1990) 2 External links //...
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 Baker, Russell (Wayne)
91 words, approx. 1 pages(born Aug. 14, 1925, Loudoun county, Va., U.S.) U.S. newspaper columnist. Baker joined the Baltimore Sun in 1947. In 1954 he moved to the Washington bureau of the New York Times, and in the early 1960s he began his syndicated “Observer”... summary from source:
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Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose. He is known for his autobiography, Growing...
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 The Washington Post Music, Drama, Science and Russell Baker
09/12/1993: 951 words, approx. 3 pages PBS stations kick the fall season off this very evening with WETA's telecast of "In Performance at the White House" at 8, a tribute to the anniversary of the 1954 Newport Jazz Festival. Thelonious Monk Jr. presides over an hour of jazz from... summary from source:
The Boston Globe `Observer' observed: Russell Baker on TV
10/03/1993: 1,117 words, approx. 4 pages The pen always has been Russell Baker's friend. Just look at his credentials: The New York Times writer has won a Pulitzer Prize for his "Observer" column and has another Pulitzer for one of the 14 books he wrote. But now Baker will... summary from source:
 AP News Gillian Anderson to host `Masterpiece'
12/11/2007: 265 words, approx. 1 pagesAfter 37 years, PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" is getting spruced up.The revered anthology series will be split into three mini-seasons, each with its own theme and host — one of whom is Gillian Anderson, already familiar to "Masterpiece" fans for her 2006 performance as Lady Dedlock... summary from source:
AP News Today in history - Aug. 14
8/14/2007: 547 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Tuesday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2007. There are 139 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.On this date:In 1848, the Oregon Territory was created.In...
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 Critical Essay by Joseph Mclellan
1,145 words, approx. 4 pages
You can begin quoting Russell Baker in this collection [So This Is Depravity], as you can begin reading him, almost anywhere. Open at random to "The Humble Dollar" (you will have to track it down; his latest book has no table of contents), and you come up with a small gem: "The papers keep saying that the dollar is very weak. This is nonsense. The truth is that the dollar is absolutely powerless. I sent one for a pound of cheese the other day and it was thrown out of the store for givin... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Richard Lingeman
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As we all know from reading the higher fan journalism, funny people are really deeply unhappy. They had childhoods that make Charles Dickens's blacking factory seem like Charles Ryder's golden summer with Sebastian at Oxford. And so I approached Russell Baker's autobiography, "Growing Up," with high anticipation, expecting a heartening read about someone more miserable than I am. Alas, I was deeply disappointed. To come straight out with it, Russell Baker, who writes funny... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Sidney Hyman
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[Russell Baker] has written a book whose laughter better serves the cause of what is truly serious and solemn than any thundering from a pulpit. The author's finely tuned moral and esthetic instincts have been jarred in equal measure by the disfigurements Washington produces in some men, and by the nation's unwarranted fear of its own capital. However, the reformist counter-attack Mr. Baker mounts in "An American in Washington" resembles a prose-cartoon, and not the Book of Deute...
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