Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carpenter, former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, at a fund raiser for the Equal Rights Amendment, still three votes shy of passage: "If I die, don't send flowers. Just send three more states...
...Barbara Jordan, Texas Congresswoman and keynote speaker, after a glowing introduction by Lyndon Johnson's widow: "Thank you, all of you, and thank you, Lady Bird Johnson, for an introduction of which I am worthy...
...Wall Street lost its traditional role of financier to the world. An Interest Equalization Tax (I.E.T.) first proposed by President Kennedy and passed during the Johnson Administration made it prohibitively expensive for Americans to buy foreign securities and effectively forced foreigners who had been accustomed to floating bond issues in the U.S. to borrow elsewhere. But I.E.T. was lifted in mid-1974, and since then the foreigners have come flooding back sell what they call Yankee bonds to Americans. According to Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., the total ofj public foreign-bond borrowings in the U.S.-mostly by governments -jumped from...
...ablaze to prevent an accidental explosion. By the end of September, workers managed to pipe the gas through a purifying plant and into a pipeline, through which it flowed at an uncontrolled rate of 140 million cu. ft. per day. Says Chevron's Exploration Manager David Johnson: "If we had tried to shut it off, the gas would have blown the control equipment out of the hole...
...National Football League. Dashing to touchdowns, leaping to bat down passes or darting past befuddled defenders for a crucial reception, the runts have provided some of the most thrilling moments in a season of slogging defensive domination. Among the best: the Houston Oilers' Billy ("White Shoes") Johnson (5 ft. 9 in., 170 Ibs.) of the end-zone victory dance, scooting past Chicago Bear defenders, then performing the N.F.L.'s first dwarf dunk-a triumphant spike over the goal posts. The Baltimore Colts' Howard Stevens (5 ft. 5 in., 162 Ibs. and the smallest man in the N.F.L...