Word: lyndon
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...memories grew more vivid: his delightfully unfashionable dress (the Justice often wore white socks with black shoes); his way of letting clerks know that their advocacy for a certain course of action had degenerated from advice to nuisance ("I'm the one who was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson and confirmed by the Senate of the United States . . . not you); his insistence upon using the word Negro to identify an African American (though recently he had begun to use the term Afro-American); his deep and passionate sympathy for all downtrodden people; the uniqueness of his questioning of attorneys...
...pray daily: 'Give me the wisdom to make the right decision.' " He is nothing if not pragmatic, accepting the largesse of corporate donors and government alike (he receives both Head Start and Chapter I funds), and espousing a mix of George Bush's "thousand points of light" and Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society." To encourage the children, he has set up an elaborate system of rewards for excellence in every category, amassing a treasure of parchment certificates and glittering trophies, medals and pins he hands out amid much fanfare. The outstanding student last year received a 4- ft.-tall trophy...
Others would call From the sand in the party's shoe. A curmudgeonly Indiana native, he is tolerated more than he is loved. From grew up in South Bend, graduated from Northwestern University with a journalism degree and went to work for Lyndon Johnson in the war on poverty. An anomaly in Democratic politics -- he is neither pollster, nor consultant, nor academic, nor public official -- From is responsible less for crafting the leadership council's proposals than for selling them. From raised the money, organized the conferences, hired the experts and started 30 council chapters nationwide. "Al is the impresario...
FORGET ALL THE TALK ABOUT HILLARY becoming White House chief of staff. It's against the law, thanks to Lyndon Johnson. Back in 1967, still incensed that President Kennedy appointed his brother Attorney General, L.B.J. rushed through Congress a law making it impossible for a public official, "including the President," to appoint a relative, such as a husband or wife, to a position "over which he exercises jurisdiction." That means Hillary cannot take a paid Administration job. Not that she has indicated she wants one. Likely next stop: an unsalaried position as head of a task force on children...
...worst hours in presidential power shifts follow the unexpected episodes like the assassination of John Kennedy. On Air Force One bringing both Kennedy's body and Lyndon Johnson, the new President, back to Washington, there played out a scene of anguish and exhilaration, a weird struggle contained in the hurtling fuselage. Devastating sorrow among the Kennedy people turned to a blind hatred against the statutory heirs to power. The Johnson group, though stunned by the death of Kennedy, could scarcely contain their satisfaction at gaining the office that had eluded them in the electoral process...