I let up on the accelerator, only to gradually reach again the 60 m.p.h. which would, I hoped, overhaul Herry and the blonde, and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I, Mrs. Major Roebuck settled down to practicing on Corporal Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante Fe.

Johnson never would have believed she had a son that age.

In a letter to Andrew Johnson, the military governor of Tennessee, encouraging him to lead the way in raising black troops, Lincoln wrote, " The bare sight of 50, 000 armed and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi would end the rebellion at once ".

Johnson advocated " a free farm for the poor " bill that would give land to landless farmers.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

" As southern Senators began to express their intent to resign their seats, Johnson reminded Sen. Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's future leader, that if his coalition would only hold to their seats, the Democrats would control the Congress, and thus better defend the South's interests.

Johnson continued to ingratiate himself with the North, the President-elect and his party, with his Unionist speeches in the Senate in early 1861: " I have an abiding confidence in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the integrity of the people, and I feel in my own heart that, if this subject could be got before them, they would settle the question and the Union of these States would be preserved.

Johnson did not deal harshly with Confederate leaders, as he had earlier indicated he would ; he expanded his pardons to include those in the highest ranks of the Confederacy, including their Vice-President, Alexander H. Stephens.

Rep. Samuel S. Cox saw Johnson at this time and remarked that, when asked if the President would modify his views, " He got as ugly as the devil.

Johnson said he would sooner sever his right arm from his body than sign the law, and vetoed it ; and Congress overrode his veto.

During the impeachment trial, Representative Benjamin Butler launched an investigation into suspicious and complex activities surrounding certain Senators, whose votes would either convict or acquit President Johnson.

On Sunday January 7, it was announced that Randy Johnson would return to the Diamondbacks on a two year contract, pending a physical.

Its fiery leader Ban Johnson railed against the National League and promised to build a new league that would grab the best players and field the best teams.

Johnson would be dealt along with Johnny Oates to the Atlanta Braves for catcher and 1971 National League Rookie of the Year Earl Williams.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT.

Finally, in May 1998, they dealt Bobby Bonilla, Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich, and Manuel Barrios to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile, both of whom would be gone via trades by midseason.

In 2007, shortly after announcing on his website that he would establish a presidential exploratory committee, Senator Barack Obama gave a speech at the " Yes We Can " rally at the Johnson Center atrium.

In the 1870s in the United States, in the aftermath of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and his near-removal from office, it was speculated that the United States, too, would move from a presidential system to a semi-presidential or even parliamentary one, with the Speaker of the House of Representatives becoming the real center of government as a quasi-prime minister.

There were reports that Weaver and / or Seldin had met secretly with Johnson in South Florida ( one report placing the meeting on a boat in the Everglades ), and the NFL officially warned the Jaguars front office that contact with Johnson would be forbidden without Jerry Jones ' permission, which Jones refused to give.

Denver finally scored a touchdown when Elway found Johnson on a 47-yard bomb later on, which was the 100th recorded Super Bowl touchdown.

It was finally entered into law in 1964 when President Lyndon Johnson helped secure its passage and signed the Civil Rights Act.

After a couple of self-admittedly undistinguished years in uniform, Johnson returned to the Harvard Graduate School of Design to finally pursue his ultimate career of architect.

However, the American Point System standardized finally in 1886 is different from Hawks ’ original idea in that 1 pica is not precisely equal to < sup > 1 </ sup >⁄< sub > 6 </ sub > inch ( neither the Imperial inch nor the U. S. inch ), as the United States Type Founders ’ Association defined the standard pica to be the Johnson Pica which had been adopted and used by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan type foundry ( MS & J ), Philadelphia.

The Democratic State Central Committee ( not the State of Texas, because the matter was a party primary ) handled the count, and it finally announced that Johnson had won by 87 votes.

Johnson finally sent in federal troops with tanks and machine guns.

On 27 November 1945, Johnson finally stepped back into the ring with Joe Jeanette.

Johnson finally won the world heavyweight title on December 26, 1908, a full six years after lightweight champion Joe Gans became the first African American boxing champion.

But those who wanted to see Johnson defeated badgered Jeffries unmercifully for months, and also offered him an unheard sum of money, reputed to be about $ 120, 000 and he finally acquiesced.

When Johnson finally did agree to take on a black opponent in late 1913, it was not Sam Langford, the current coloured heavyweight champ, that he gave the title shot to.

" Johnson continued to find reasons not to do the film, and finally Bogdanovich told him, " You, in this role, are going to get an Academy Award ," and finally Johnson accepted, " All right, I'll do the damn thing.

The princess watches anxiously as first the glowering Prince of the Indies ( Noble Johnson ), then the obese Prince of Persia ( an uncredited Mathilde Comont ), and finally the Prince of the Mongols ( Sojin ) pass by the rose-tree.

He also persuaded Truman to dispatch aid and advisors to French forces in Indochina, though in 1968 he finally counseled President Lyndon B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam.

Johnson finally returned to elected office in 1850, when he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Upon the arrival of the second group, the parties finally rejoined at Johnson Creek, near present day Savannah.

After beating Johnson, heavyweight contenders Jimmy Slade, Bob Dunlap, and Clarence Henry and light heavyweight Clinton Bacon ( knocked out in four in a rematch ), Moore was finally given an opportunity at age thirty-nine to fight for the title of World Light Heavyweight Champion and future IBHOF honoree Joey Maxim.

" The great white hope " is a reference to the boxer whom whites hoped would finally defeat Johnson.

After Oliverri, John Gotti had finally got around to taking care of Wilfred " Willie Boy " Johnson.

Balanchine collaborated with architect Philip Johnson in determining its design and finally had a theater large enough for the works he wanted to stage when the house opened in 1964.

However, Johnson did not like the name and it was finally changed back to ' Janet Leigh '.

The strike continued to escalate until Johnson finally agreed to fly out from Washington, D. C., and meet with the veterans.

The master of A B Johnson, Captain Smith, then took the remaining open boat from Mopelia with three other American seamen, and sailed 1, 600 km to Pago Pago, arriving on 4 October, where they were finally able to inform the authorities of the activities of Seeadler and arrange for the rescue of the other 44 sailors still stranded on Mopelia.