R. W. Apple, Jr. Quotes

United States, Journalist
November 20, 1934 – October, 4, 2006.

Raymond Walter Apple Jr. (November 20, 1934 – October 4, 2006), known to all as Johnny Apple but bylined as R.W. Apple Jr., was an associate editor at The New York Times, where he wrote on a variety of subjects, most notably politics, travel, and food.

Also known as Editor

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

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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

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- Wealth
- Taste
- Product

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

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- Europe
- Magnificent
Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

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- War
- Success
- Greatness
The sense of national catastrophe is inevitably heightened in a television age, when the whole country participates in it.

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- Country
- Age
- Television
Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.

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- World
- War
- Training