Word: sams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With such sanctified support, his mother never doubted that great things awaited Lyndon. But it was Grandpa Sam Ealy Johnson who came closest to pinpointing the boy's future. "I expect him," averred Sam, "to be United States Senator before he is 40." As usual for a Johnson, the boast was only slightly inflated...
Clearly, the boy had to have a name in keeping with his prospects. The 36th President would be named Clarence if his father's will had prevailed. Rebekah, fortunately, told Sam to "try again." His next choice was Dayton (in which case, the L.B.J. Ranch might have been called Dayton Place). "Much better," said strong-minded Rebekah, "but still not quite right for this boy." Then Sam asked: "What do you think about Linden for him?" "That's fine," was his wife's considered reply, "if I may spell it as I like. Linden...
...convertible and exuberantly led a tour of the land around the L.B.J. Ranch. Every day he walked between two and four miles. When he was not on the move, the President lounged by the ranch swimming pool, thumbing through extracurricular books (Dean Acheson's memoirs, a biography of Sam Houston) or working on official business...
...results were as confused and kaleidoscopic as the process itself. Across from the lavish Hotel Indonesia, a sign showing a jowly Uncle Sam with a dagger at his throat had quietly disappeared. "It was the wind," explained grinning Indonesians. Near the reeking kali-kali (canals) off Merdeka Square, Moslem youth groups in straw hats drilled where young Communists once sang their favorite anthem: America, Satan of the World. Through the capital's dusty, palm-studded streets, army patrols quietly rounded up minor Red officials and led them off to secluded firing squads. And on walls, fences and curbstones blazed...
...commerce to pest control, from agriculture to culture, became part of the American scene, if not the American Dream. While the programs are familiar and well publicized in their broad outlines, most people except those directly affected do not know the details in all their dizzying ramifications. How Uncle Sam turned into Big Daddy is delineated in The Encyclopedia of U.S. Government Benefits (William H. Wise & Co.; $9.95), whose revised edition, incorporating Lyndon Johnson's new measures approved by the 89th Congress, is coming off the presses this week. Part of the publisher's purpose is to help...