Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political mistake of waiting until the Salt Lake City speech of October, 1968 before publicly separating himself from LBJ's war policies is indisputable and something Humphrey readily admitted to later. It is the larger question that will continue to stir debate: assuming Humphrey thought he had to support Johnson to win, was he justified in reversing Henry Clay's dictum--in deciding he'd rather be President than right--for the purpose of putting himself instead of Richard Nixon in office...
Moreover, once out from under the imposing shadow of Lyndon Johnson, Humphrey probably would have ended the war. In private he began to turn around relatively early. As a result of a 1965 memo he wrote to LBJ--unreleased until 1976--he was frozen out of the Administration's decision-making process. The memo read in part...
Some fine outside work from freshmen Gia Johnson and Sue Field helped Harvard extend its lead continuously, although coach Kleinfelder said after the game, "We just wanted to work on our passing and offense in the second half. We weren't trying to run up the score." In the late going, Field ripped off three corner shots and one of two free throws to pace the Harvard attack...
...Robert Johnson of Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., who helped conduct a 1970 medical study of several hundred athletes, figures that large numbers of the country's estimated 10 million joggers and runners suffer at some time from athletic pseudonephritis, especially if they exercise strenuously for an hour or more at a time. The problem, says Johnson, is that many doctors are unaware of the phenomenon and may order up expensive tests instead of the simple follow-up exam that would show the condition to be pseudonephritis. "Doctors are used to studying people who have been lying down...
...Army's Johnson then finished the Crimson off, defeating Rob Kaplan, 5-3. Up 4-3 when Kaplan lunged forward, Johnson steered the Harvard man's epee to the side, then touched him on the arm to seal the Army victory...