Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Congratulations on your fine color reproduction of Benjamin West's portrait of Guy Johnson. On what authority does TIME label the Indian in the background Joseph Brant? There is no resemblance between this and the portrait of Brant by Romney, painted in the same year, or those by Gilbert Stuart, painted later. It is more likely that the Indian is merely a symbol of Guy Johnson's office, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in succession to his uncle and father-in-law, Sir William Johnson...
...afternoon at 1 p.m. in the Tufts Cage, the weight and broad jump events will be run off. Entered in the 35-pound weight for the varsity are Jim Doty, John DuMoulin and freshman Dunc Johnson. In the shotput, Doty, Carl Pescosolido, and Jeff Paley, a freshman, will represent the Crimson. Dave Gately will be the lone entrant in the broad jump...
Much of the spirit behind William S. White's attempt to describe the essence of the often vexingly incomprehensible United States Senate is revealed in a remark he quotes, made by Lyndon Johnson. "If you can't smell a feeling, you are no kind of a politician." Neither, one senses, does Mr. White feel you're much of a reporter unless you can do the same...
...most valuable lesson Knowland has learned is that a leader must generally ease his way through the Senate, that the Senate cannot be battered into submission. The Senate's informal life can be as important as its parliamentary procedures. When Knowland first became majority leader, Lyndon Johnson once dropped by his office for a drink and a chat. Knowland had one bottle on hand, which he kept in a refrigerator. He had no corkscrew, and his ice trays were frozen fast from long disuse. Bill struggled futilely for 15 minutes, trying to get the cork out of the bottle...
...Yardlings swept the mile, as Wes Hildreth, Gary Brooten, and Wharton Sinkler finished in that order. Dave Donaldson took the two mile, while Art Cahn won the 1000. Dunc Johnson won the weight, while the two-mile relay team of Sinkler, Dave Call, Cahn, nd Hildreth chalked up the only other Yardling...