Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Summoned to their desks two hours ahead of schedule one day last week to consider the farm bill, U.S. Senators encountered an ultimatum from Lyndon Johnson: the majority leader expected final action on the measure by day's end. Ten hours later Johnson had his way. By voice vote the Senate approved a bill that is expected to fit easily with an earlier House bill...
...fashioned pitcher. He never bothers with fancy stuff but makes do with what he has: a dinky curve, a sneaky but unspectacular fast ball, and a frustrating change of pace. He offers no single dramatic talent-he has no counterpart of Carl Hubbell's spectacular screwball, Walter Johnson's terrifying fast ball, Bobby Feller's strikeout touch. Pitch for pitch, many of his contemporaries have what the trade calls "more stuff," pitches that are harder, faster, or trickier. But better than any of them now on the mound, Robin Roberts can put the ball where he wants...
...stubborn refusal to toss beanballs, Roberts resembles the late great Walter Johnson of the lackluster Washington Senators. The "Big Train" was a self-confident competitor who occasionally went so far as to serve up fat ones to hitters suffering from nerve-racking slumps. But throwing at a batter was unthinkable. Johnson never even waited for umpires to discard scuffed balls; as soon as he saw one he tossed it aside, for fear it might force him to throw his fast one wild and injure the man at the plate...
...Only a handful have ever won 20 or more games for more consecutive seasons: Christy Mathewson, 12; Walter Johnson, 10; Lefty Grove, 7; and (counting some 19th century seasons) Cy Young...
Last week, for the first time, the Atomic Energy Commission's Director of Raw Materials Jesse Johnson revealed exactly how big a business uranium has become. In testimony before a congressional subcommittee, Johnson reported that ore shipments from the four-state Colorado Plateau area (90% of U.S. total output) will hit 1.5 million tons worth $46.5 million in fiscal 1956. He predicted that within two years Plateau production will increase to 2,500,000 tons annually. Said Johnson: "During the past two months, the AEC has received and is actively considering more proposals for processing mills than...