Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Johnson immigration bill (TIME, Feb. 25) so-called after Albert Johnson, Representative from Washington, Chairman of the House Immigration Committee, still lies in committee. In fact it is being considered by the Immigration Committees of both Houses, although it has been reported by neither. And still in committee, it is facing a considerable fight...
...from the argumentative symposium of the day of Plato to the scientific expository symposium of today. It has slowly evolved, passing through such intermediate stages as the Literary Club of Samuel Johnson's time. And there has been likewise a great change in the nature of the subjects dwelt on, and in the atmosphere in which they are treated. In the days of Socrates, philosophy was distilled with the fumes of Hellenic wine, and the asperity of the argument was soothed by the strains of a girl flute player. Eros was discussed, according to Plato's Symposium, until...
Ages went by, and then came the coffee house with its milder potation, but no less owlish frequenters. Mighty Johnson leveled with his catapultic shots his enemy's defense, and set himself up as the literary pope. Authors and books received the most attention in these clubs of the time, but Johnson saw fit to take a random shot at Berkley's "non-substantiality of matter" theory, and shook it with a mere foot blow...
...when Mr. Johnson attended Chief Justice Taft's New Year's Day reception, Mr. Taft shook his hand cordially and, turning to Mrs. Taft, introduced: "My old friend Victor Murdock of the Federal Trade Commission." Later, believing that he had made a mistake, Mr. Taft brought Representative Johnson to Mrs. Taft again. "This isn't Murdock, after all," said the Chief Justice, "it's Congressman Begg of Ohio...
...Senator Magnus Johnson does not appear on the list only because his foreign berth makes him eligible for Presidential office...