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Johnson's and tenure
Sir Thomas Beecham, George Szell and Bruno Walter were among the leading conductors engaged during Johnson's tenure.
An Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) report from September 2004 found that, during Johnson's tenure as CEO, Fannie Mae had improperly deferred $ 200 million in expenses.
Johnson never managed a finish better than fourth during his tenure, however, in 1964, with an 82-72 record, Johnson's Red Wings managed to win yet another championship.
The so-called " Revolt of the Admirals " broke out during Louis Johnson's tenure as Secretary of Defense.
Johnson's five year tenure in Baltimore was moderately successful and he became known as an inning-eating starting pitcher as he matured.
In the 1860s, Russia offers Alaska to the United States with a purchase price of seven million dollars ( the real-life Alaska Purchase occurred in 1867, during Andrew Johnson's tenure in office, for a price of $ 7, 200, 000 ).
Johnson's tenure at Tuskegee ended in 1894 when she married the Reverend John Quincy Johnson, an African Methodist Episcopal minister and math instructor at Tuskegee.
Johnson's tenure as top prosecutor in Prince George's was marked by an aggressive push against police brutality in the notoriously violent Prince George's County Police Department.
Rich Steubler, a former defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon during Johnson's tenure at the university approved the move, and was later fired mid-season as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in his first and only professional head-coaching stint.

Johnson's and Senate
Johnson's reconstruction policies failed to promote the rights of the Freedmen ( newly freed slaves ), and he came under vigorous political attack from Republicans, ending in his impeachment by the U. S. House of Representatives ; he was acquitted by the U. S. Senate.
Theodore R. Davis ' illustration of Johnson's impeachment trial in the United States Senate, published in Harper's Weekly.
On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.
" Gaining Senate approval of the Alaska treaty was Johnson's singular legislative accomplishment in the midst of a political war with Congress.
In the end, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who presided over the trial, was thought to have brought about Johnson's acquittal by the Senate with his statements from the bench.
It came, enveloping its target, at the Johnson Ranch swimming pool, in one of Johnson's offices, in the Senate cloakroom, on the floor of the Senate itself — wherever Johnson might find a fellow Senator within his reach.
Johnson's success in the Senate made him a possible Democratic presidential candidate.
Johnson was touched by a Senate scandal in August 1963 when Bobby Baker, the Senate Majority Secretary and a protégé of Johnson's, came under investigation by the Senate Rules Committee for allegations of bribery and financial malfeasance.
The Radicals, upset at President Johnson's opposition to Congressional Reconstruction, filed impeachment charges but the action failed by one vote in the Senate.
It passed the Senate a second time in 1828, but again, the House failed to act on it, and the measure died for some years, owing to Johnson's exit from the Senate the following year.
In 1948, an incident involving Lyndon B. Johnson's bid for the U. S. Senate took place at Alice's Precinct 13 where 202 ballots were cast in alphabetical order and all just at the close of polling in favor of Johnson.
Long served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's legislative Senate floor leader for many of the Great Society programs.
Johnson's Republican opponent in the 1964 presidential election, Barry Goldwater, knew Jenkins from the Senate and from serving as commanding officer of his Air Force Reserve unit, but initially denied knowing him.
Although Welles admitted in his diary that he was dismayed by Johnson's behavior on the trip, particularly the president's penchant for invective and engaging directly with hecklers, Welles remained loyal to Johnson to the end, even congratulating him in 1875 when Johnson, now an ex-president, was launching a comeback political bid with his election to the U. S. Senate from Tennessee.
It calls for eliminating the traditional beef suet ( on Johnson's doctor's orders, after Johnson suffered a heart attack while he was Senate Majority Leader ) and adds tomatoes and onions.
Stanton returned to law after retiring as Secretary of War, and in 1869 was nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Johnson's successor, Ulysses S. Grant ; however, he died four days after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.
However, this was overruled by the Senate, and Stanton barricaded himself in his office when Johnson tried again to replace Stanton with General Thomas, while radical Republicans initiated impeachment proceedings against Johnson on the grounds that Johnson's removal of Stanton without Senate approval violated the Tenure of Office Act.
Johnson became Vice President, and Governor Price Daniel, Sr., appointed fellow Democrat William A. Blakley of Dallas to Johnson's Senate seat, pending a special election to be held in May 1961.
Of Johnson's defenders in the Senate, Profiles in Courage stated that " Not a single one of them escaped the terrible torture of vicious criticism engendered by their vote to acquit.

Johnson's and came
When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.
After this accomplishment, Johnson's practice grew as projects came in from the public realm, including coordinating the master plan of Lincoln Center and designing that complex's New York State Theater.
Johnson's victory over the reigning world champion, Canadian Tommy Burns, in Sydney, Australia, came after stalking Burns around the world for two years and taunting him in the press for a match.
Johnson's abduction came during increased violence against foreigners in Saudi Arabia.
Johnson's impeachment was perceived to have done great damage to the presidency, which came to be almost subordinate to Congress.
Not waiting for Johnson's response — which never came — Blackburn returned to the U. S., arriving in Louisville on September 25, 1867, en route to New Orleans.
After the end of the 103-loss campaign, Johnson's time with the Mets came to an end as he was granted free agency.
According to audiotapes of Johnson's phone calls, Whittington at first thought the call was a joke, but came to believe that it really was the president on the line.
When Johnson's name came before the Republican controlled General Assembly on January 4, 2005, the day after Bradley's resignation, it was the first time a governor had appointed a new lieutenant governor and consequently the legislature had no experience with such a nomination.
Johnson's big moment came in Game 4: when the score was tied at 105, teammate Larry Bird had the ball in the last seconds.
Tolson first came to national attention through the Grassroots Craftsmen, an initiative of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty that helped Appalachian craftspeople to sell their works.
After an 0-4 start, Johnson's only win of 2001 came in a Thursday night 13-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, against the team where his career began.
Johnson's first taste of international cricket came during the 1992 – 93 Coca-Cola International Youth Cricket Challenge in South Africa, where he represented England Under-18s, alongside fellow future Test cricketers Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki.
Johnson's third, and final, Test appearance came in the first Test against Sri Lanka in December 2003.
Tom Johnson came to MacPherson's aid by putting a headlock on Stewart and Stewart threw a punch that landed on Johnson's jaw.
Johnson's last home run of his career came on September 27, 1975 off of Indians pitcher Rick Waits at Fenway Park.

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