Example sentences for: lyndon

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  • To make a long story--it takes up the greater part of a gripping chapter--short: The dust lifted with Lyndon, the vice-presidential candidate, loathing Bobby for plotting against him (here was Lyndon's paranoia, or maybe his ability to spot the hustle); and Bobby, the campaign manager, loathing Lyndon for having the audacity to take a job for which he knew he wasn't the first choice (here was Bobby's East Coast arrogance, or maybe his idealism).

  • Hey, it's like Lyndon Johnson said right after the 1964 election, 'Get it all now, boys, because it's not going to get any better than this.' "

  • John F. Kennedy had Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; Lyndon Johnson had John P. Roche, a former president of the ADA; Jimmy Carter had Pat Caddell, the Harvard pollster; and Bill Clinton has Sidney Blumenthal, who is sui generis . The Republicans do not seem to have had any such intellectuals, perhaps because they distrust them.

  • Most recently, a crackpot named William F. Pepper has convinced King's entire family that the U.S. government, including President Lyndon Johnson, .

  • But "Bloody Sunday" at Selma outraged the nation and gave President Lyndon Johnson cover to press for the Voting Rights Act.


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