“Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.”

—  Jacob M. Appel

"Scouting for the Reaper," http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2009/summer/appel-scouting-reaper/ Virginia Quarterly Review (Summer 2009)

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American author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social … 1973

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