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MacNeil, Robert Breckenridge Ware was born on January 19, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert A.S. and Margaret Virginia (Oxner) MacN. came to the United States, 1963.
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Burden of Desire centres on the love triangle between bohemian Halifax south-end belle Julia Robertson, Dalhousie professor Stewart MacPherson, and young Anglican minister Peter Wentworth. Julia keeps a diary detailing her sexual fantasies, which she has with her at the moment of the blast that was the Halifax Explosion. She hides her diary in her coat, which is subsequently donated to a clothing drive for the individuals from the north end of the city who've list everything in the explosion. Peter discovers the diary and becomes fixated on its author, enlisting the help of his friend Stewart to find her. Burden of Desire explores the repression and expression of sexual desire at the time of the First World War. It also offers a compelling fictional account of the impact on Halifax society of the Halifax Explosion.
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Renowned journalist and author of the international bestseller Wordstruck, Robert MacNeil reflects on a life lived between nations, and why he finally decided to call himself an American. Growing up in Halifax during World War II, it seemed to Robert MacNeil that nothing of significance ever happened in Canada. From his mother’s obsession with all things English (even the marmalade) to his own love for American music like Rhapsody in Blue, Canada seemed too small, too parochial for his ambitions. Moving to Britain in his mid-twenties, MacNeil was suddenly exposed to a country with thousands of years of history, extraordinary theatre and culture. But it was in America that MacNeil finally found his country -- America, a land of contrasts and possibilities. A journalist for NBC and later for PBS on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, MacNeil was a witness to many of the current events that shaped the last century: the erection of the Berlin Wall, Kennedy’s election and assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Watergate and finally September 11, 2001. As the well-respected and trenchant news reporter brought world issues to the American public, he discovered that his Canadian values and upbringing allowed him some valuable detachment and perspective. And when MacNeil returned to Nova Scotia after 40 years, he found his country of birth much changed -- multiculturalism and diversity had caused Canadian culture to blossom in his absence. With charm and warmth, but also with a piercing eye on the century, MacNeil looks at the meanings of patriotism, nationalism and home, and explains why he finally made the decision to become an American citizen. Excerpt from Looking for My Country I grew up in a nation trying to build a distinctive culture in an environment that constantly threatens extinction, physical from the north, and political/cultural from the south. Each fear, in its own way, reinforces the other. The inhospitality of the northern climate induces Canadians to drift southwards and the magnet of American material prosperity and opportunity reinforces that urge. Yet the fear of being swallowed, ingested by the American leviathan, makes Canadians draw back, shrinking from the smothering embrace, to find a source of national pride and identity in overcoming the natural human fear of perishing in frozen wastes. Peter Gzowski, the late, beloved CBC radio host, once ran a contest which produced this inspired response, “As Canadian as possible under the circumstances.”
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Now revised, The Story of English is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, this book presents a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English—from its Anglo-Saxon origins some two thousand years ago to the present day, when English is the dominant language of commerce and culture with more than one billion English speakers around the world. From Cockney, Scouse, and Scots to Gulla, Singlish, Franglais, and the latest African American slang, this sweeping history of the English language is the essential introduction for anyone who wants to know more about our common tongue.
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MacNeil, Robert Breckenridge Ware was born on January 19, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert A.S. and Margaret Virginia (Oxner) MacN. came to the United States, 1963.
Student, Dalhousie University, 1951. Bachelor, Carleton University, 1955. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), William Patterson College, 1977.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Beaver College, Bates College, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lawrence University, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bucknell University, 1982.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), George Washington University, Kings College, Trinity College, University Maine, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brown University, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colby College, Carleton College, University South Carolina, 1985.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Franklin and Marshall College, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Nazareth College, Washington College, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Kenyon College, 1990.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Western Ontario, 1992. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Miami, Clark University, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Long Island, 1995.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Columbia University, 1995. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Princeton University, 1995. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), The Cooper Union, 1996.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Toronto, 1997. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Allison University, 1998. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dalhousie University, 2000.
Radio actor, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1950-1952; radio/television announcer, Canadian Broadcasting Company, 1954-1955; announcer, Station-CJCH, Halifax, 1951-1952; announcer, news writer, Station CFRA, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1952-1954; sub-editor to filing editor, Reuters News Agency, London, 1955-1960; news correspondent, NBC, London, 1960-1963; news correspondent, NBC, Washington, 1963-1965; news correspondent, NBC, New York City, 1965-1967; correspondent, Panorama program British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1967-1971, 73-75; senior correspondent, National Public Affairs Center for television, Washington, 1971-1973; executive editor, co-anchor, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Station -W National Educational Television-television, New York City, since 1975; executive editor, co-anchor, MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Public Broadcasting Service, 1983-1995; retired, MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Public Broadcasting Service, 1995.
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Trustee Freedom Forum Newsroom. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, The MacDowell Colony (chairman 1993). Member American Federation television and Radio Artists, Association Radio and television News Analysts, Japan Society (trustee), Writers Guild American, Century Club (New York City).
Married Rosemarie Anne Copland, 1956 (divorced 1964). Children: Catherine Anne, Ian B. Married Jane J. Doherty, May 29, 1965 (divorced 1983).
Children: Alison N., William H. Married Donna P. Richards, October 20, 1984.