Word: johnstons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once belonged to John C. Calhoun, and that alone made it practically a sacred relic. But it had also been used by Huey P. Long, the Kingfish himself, while he served in the U.S. Senate, and then by his son Rus sell. South Carolina's Senator Olin Johnston coveted that desk. Russell Long was running for Senate majority whip in 1964 when the matter of the desk came up. Long needed every vote he could command or cajole from his colleagues. His was a classic dilemma, solved in classic Russell Long style. He cut a deal ? first with...
Harvard maintained the pressure. Gia Johnston, St. Louis and Kingsberg all had powerful shots on goal. The offense, led by Wendy Sands, continually intercepted the ball, frustrating the Princeton offense...
Kathleen A. Johnston Columbus...
Bowdlerism is nothing new at American newspapers. Many dailies reject offensively prurient ads on a case-by-case basis, and some papers print them only after extensive doctoring. Vernon Johnston, advertising ombudsman of the Louisville Times and Courier-Journal, simply blacks out with his felt-tip pen any anatomical displays that trouble him. "They call me the mad brassiere artist," says he. Other papers have for years had policies banning or limiting adult-film advertising, among them the Detroit News, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Miami Herald. Wrote Herald Executive Editor John McMullan last June in welcoming the new puritan revival...
...California lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. Other critics find it inconsistent that newspapers ban sex-film ads but not those for other questionable products, like liquor and cigarettes. Some newspaper executives believe it is futile to try to dictate morality at all. Says Louisville's Vernon Johnston: "We aren't going to make moral decisions for our readers and pretend these places don't exist...