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Sometimes the desire for a job makes a politician see the light. For the first two decades of his career, Lyndon Johnson was a New Deal liberal, with white Southern views on race (he called Harry Truman's early efforts on civil rights "a farce and a sham"). This combination made him a popular Texas Congressman and Senator, but he also wanted to be President. After a stumbling run as Texas' favorite son in 1956, he realized that his ambitions required him to change his profile on civil rights. The next year, after epic wheeling and dealing as Senate majority...
...prizes and teaching awards, and the size of Harvard’s endowment—which was around $30 billion at the time of the list’s publication—as factors contributing to her selection. Also on the list is Kennedy School of Government graduate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was elected in 2005 as the president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first female leader. Johnson-Sirleaf squeaked in at number...
Harvard begins the season attempting to recover from the loss of four-time singlehanded champion Clay Johnson ’07 to graduation. The A-division team of captain skipper Kyle Kovacs and senior crew Elyse Dolbec becomes the Crimson’s new top tandem, in what Dolbec described as “a bit of a rebuilding year...
...Crimson, Michigan State claimed the Harvard Invitational title, having won all four of its weekend matches.The all-tournament team included a pair of Harvard hitters, Mahon and junior Kathryn McKinley, both of whom posted double-doubles in the weekend’s play. Boston College’s Kelsey Johnson, Delaware State’s Ayana Dyette, Wofford’s Joanna Sudduth, and Michigan State’s Katie Johnson, Jessica Hohl, and Ashley Schatzle were also named to the team.Harvard’s next stop, the American Volleyball Tournament, begins next weekend in Washington, D.C.MICHIGAN STATE...
...whole division within Ford, created to compete head-to-head with General Motors' Oldsmobile. It was a sales disaster. Two years later, future Ford president Robert McNamara persuaded the board to pull the plug on the Edsel. That's the same McNamara who became President Johnson's Secretary of Defense and refused to recommend withdrawing from Vietnam, even though he knew a lemon when...