Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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Johnson Vietnam War New president Lyndon B. Johnson inherited a difficult situation in Vietnam‚ as the South Vietnamese government was in shambles and the Viet Cong was making large gains in rural areas of the South. Although Johnson billed himself as a tough anti-Communist‚ he pledged to honor Kennedy’s limited troop commitments in Vietnam. The ensuing political instability in South Vietnam persuaded Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to further increase U.S. military and
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positive manner and received 4½ stars from an Allmusic review by Scott Yanow who curiously stated "Although Johnson has a couple of features‚ Clifford Brown largely steals the show"‚ and a four star rating out of four stars in The Penguin Guide to Jazz
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Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Texas v. Johnson has been a controversial one‚ as it involves the burning of our national symbol‚ the American flag. It leads to the question: Does the desecration of the American flag a way of expressing speech that is protected by the first amendment? Shouldn’t the destruction of a true American symbol be protected and preserved‚ as it is a symbol that represents our country? There is a great amount of criticism that Texas v. Johnson has been faced with; most of
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Although President Kennedy wasn’t in office for very long‚ his actions in and out of the whitehouse are legendary. When President Kennedy took the oath of office in 1960 he wasted no time in cleaning up America. Several bills were enacted in President Kennedy’s tenor. A lot of the major ones had to do with crime control. A lot of President Kennedy’s bills were targeted at organized crime. Bill S1653 was singed into action on September 13 1961. This was an interstate travel bill. The bill made it
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Johnson & Johnson‚ a global company‚ posts that "The fundamental objective of Johnson & Johnson is to provide scientifically sound‚ high quality products and services to help heal‚ cure disease and improve the quality of life." This and a bit more information about the company and its objectives and vision can be gathered by reading from the Johnson & Johnson company page at their web site. There are numerous links there to other Johnson & Johnson posts including one to the company
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John T. Montague 11 December‚ 2012 Jack Johnson Synopsis To try and attempt to classify Jack Johnson’s style and genre of music to one type is nearly impossible. This singer-songwriter has a multitude mixes different influences in a manageable way in order to make a style of music his very own. His style is a mixture of acoustic-folk‚ blues‚ reggae‚ pop‚ and sometimes even a hip hop type of sound. In the year 2000 Jack Johnson’s sound became popular and widely listened
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Magic Johnson is a former NBA player and a succesful business owner. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 years‚ until he retired in 1991 due to his HIV diagnosis. Johnson spent the rest of his adult life to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and continues to do so today. Here are 10 little known facts about the professional basketball legend! Number Ten: He’s in a Red Hot Chili Peppers Song The iconic funk rock California band are long-time Lakers fans and dedicated a song to Johnson. The song
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U.S. Supreme Court TEXAS v. JOHNSON‚ 491 U.S. 397 (1989) 491 U.S. 397 Citation: Johnson was convicted of desecration of a venerated object in violation of a Texas statute. Date Decided: June 21‚ 1989 Facts of case: At the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas‚ Texas‚ Johnson decided to burn an American flag in protest of some policies made by the Reagan administration and some Dallas corporations that he did not agree with. Noone sustained physical injury or was even
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Lyndon Baines Johnson moved quickly to establish himself in the office of the Presidency. Despite his conservative voting record in the Senate‚ Johnson soon reacquainted himself with his liberal roots. LBJ sponsored the largest reform agenda since Roosevelt’s New Deal. The aftershock of Kennedy’s assassination provided a climate for Johnson to complete the unfinished work of JFK’s New Frontier. He had eleven months before the election of 1964 to prove to American voters that he deserved a chance
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