Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lyndon Johnson, as Senate majority leader and early on as President, could polish off a dozen or so Scotch-and-sodas in an afternoon and evening. He claimed they were half strength. He never lost control, just looked stunned. He quit cold turkey in the White House, switching to Fresca and root beer. For whatever reason, his presidency went downhill thereafter. White House abstinence was tried by Rutherford Hayes, Calvin Coolidge and Jimmy Carter. Results were dismal...
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When Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal for the 100-meter race at the Seoul Olympics for using illegal steroids, he claimed that someone had spiked his water bottle. That dubious explanation was torpedoed last week by Johnson's longtime coach, Charlie Francis, who told a government inquiry that the runner, along with up to a dozen other athletes at his Toronto club, had knowingly been taking performance-enhancing drugs since...
...Johnson was apparently no exception to the rule. Francis said that in the fall of 1981 he explained to Johnson that anabolic steroids, artificial hormones that enhance the body's ability to grow muscle, marked the only path to international success in the explosive 100-meter dash. After some hesitation, said the coach, Johnson agreed to try the drugs...
Ever since last week's announcement that Dallas Cowboy Coach Tom Landry was fired by new Dallas owner, Jerry Jones, and replaced with former University of Miami Coach Jimmy Johnson, Texas Stadium is quiet...