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...Lyndon B. Johnson’s rise to power as “Master of the Senate” was due to his tremendous power of personality and ruthless political maneuvers, biographer Robert A. Caro said at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) last night...
...Thailand Lyndon Johnson stopped by twice during the Vietnam War; Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton also called. Before air travel, the two countries nurtured a long-distance friendship. In 1861, King Rama IV offered the U.S. a gift of Thai elephants, which, he said, could be "turned loose in forests and increase till there be large herds." Abraham Lincoln graciously declined, saying the elephants wouldn't survive North American winters...
...four said the week they spent in Houston, where the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is located, was one of the most rewarding educational experiences they have...
...accounts the reel and the real Gregory Peck were close kin. He was a model of probity, a loyal friend to colleagues in distress, a father confessor to the Hollywood community. He chaired the National Society of This, the American Academy of That. He was laden with official honors: Lyndon Johnson gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Richard Nixon put him on his Enemies List. Peck received perhaps his sweetest laurel last week when the reclusive Lee, on hearing of his death, said, "Gregory Peck was a beautiful man. Atticus Finch gave him the opportunity to play himself...
...report to President Lyndon B. Johnson titled “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” commonly known as the “Moynihan Report,” Moynihan pointed to the increase in the number of single-parent families as a fundamental reason for poverty and instability in African-American communities...