Word: johnsonian
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Writers on Wednesdays. In London the era of the coffeehouse was in full Johnsonian flower-a man's world where only such freshly limned ladies as Fanny Hill and Fielding's Sophia Western were admitted to the discourse. Parisian culture was conducted far differently: it was the women who presided over the salons of serious talk. On Tuesdays, for example, the Marquise de Lambert was wont to entertain scientists in her stately salon, and on Wednesdays writers, artists and scholars. "She was one of the hundreds of gracious, cultured, civilized women who make the history of France...
...preservation of natural beauty adjacent to highway rights-of-way." This means more restriction, for one thing, on outdoor advertising, for which Johnson plans to recommend more effective legislation to replace the present regulations, which expire in June. Also in for a sharp crackdown is a pet Johnsonian peeve-"unsightly, beauty-destroying junkyards and auto graveyards along our highways...
...Eagle affected dismay after Johnson kissed a baby: "Is it proper for the President to expose himself to the afflictions which beset the nursery crowd? Measles or whooping cough in the White House could have repercussions for the whole free world." ∙The Washington Star was amused by the Johnsonian declaration that "for the first time in history, profits are higher than ever before": "With the above offering, the Chief has taken his place alongside those forgotten orators who reminded us that The future lies ahead,' and that The boys of today will be the men of tomorrow...
...showed a long Johnsonian arm, labeled Douanes (tariffs), jabbing at the beak of Charles de Gaulle...
When Johnson became Vice President, Baker stayed on as majority secretary. To some, it seemed that Johnson was not really gone at all: Baker slavishly tried to effect a Johnsonian pose, took to standing on the Senate floor as Johnson was wont to do, bracing his shoulders and smoothing his sideburns. Said one observer: "The only thing that was wrong with his act was that he was six inches too short...