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Description Lyndon B. Johnson taking the
oath of office
on Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy,
Dallas, Texas.
Left to right:
Mac Kilduff (holding dictating machine),
Judge Sarah T. Hughes,
Jack Valenti,
Congressman Albert Thomas, Marie Fehmer (behind Thomas),
Lady Bird
Johnson, Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry,
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
Evelyn Lincoln (eyeglasses only visible above LBJ's
shoulder),
Congressman Homer Thornberry (in shadow, partially obscured by LBJ),
Roy Kellerman (partially obscured by Thornberry),
Lem Johns (partially obscured by Mrs. Kennedy),
Jacqueline Kennedy, Pamela
Tunure (behind Brooks),
Congressman Jack Brooks, Bill Moyers (mostly obscured by
Brooks)
November 22, 1963
Author Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office (WHPO)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lyndon_B._Johnson_taking_the_oath_of_office%2C_November_1963.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
Source
http://photolab.lbjlib.utexas.edu/detail.asp?id=18319
L.A.
Los Angeles USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/
opinion/sunday/i-love-la.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-12-21-
hospital-bacteria_x.htm
La.
Lousiana USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/24/
491136561/louisiana-residents-stunned-by-flood-losses
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/
travel/36-hours-in-baton-rouge-la.html
LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
USA

LAPD under fire The Guardian p. 19 16 July 2005
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/16/usa.danglaister
http://www.lapdonline.org/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17gates.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-12-los-angeles-police_N.htm
lb
pound
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/22/
duchess-cambridge-gives-birth-son
LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1908-1973 USA
36th President of the United States (president 1963-1969)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/lyndon-b-johnson
http://www.gocomics.com/robrogers/2016/11/03
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/11/
301820334/lbj-carried-cotulla-with-him-in-civil-rights-fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plOzoSJA1Ik
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002714476/legacy-of-lbj.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/
sunday-review/at-gettysburg-johnson-marked-memorial-day-and-the-future.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-17-lbj-tapes_x.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/19/theobserver
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1964/jul/03/usa.fromthearchive
L/Cpl
Lance Corporal
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/30/world.iraq
LCD
liquid-crystal display
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/
technology/george-h-heilmeier-an-inventor-of-lcds-dies-at-77.html
LED
Light emitting diodes
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/lightemitting-diodes
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/opinion/the-problem-with-energy-efficiency.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/business/leds-emerge-as-a-popular-green-lighting.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/science/earth/30degrees.html
LGBT
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/12/
481793981/lgbt-community-mourns-orlando-attack-boosts-security-at-pride-events
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/23/
471601947/federal-state-moves-aim-to-protect-lgbt-workers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/10/
margaret-thatcher-poster-girl-gay-rights
LGBTI
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
and Intersex persons, those whose sex is unclear at birth
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/04/28/
476033591/for-state-departments-lgbti-envoy-every-country-is-a-different-challenge
LGBTQ
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
'Questioning' or 'Queer'
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/
style/lgbtq-gender-language.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/04/
prejudice-and-pride-the-peoples-history-of-lgbtq-britain-review-sad-joyous-sometimes-both-at-once
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/01/
lgbtq-questioning-queer-meaning/26925563/
L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+.
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual,
Transgender,
'Questioning' or 'Queer',
intersex,
Ally (or asexual
depending on whom you’re
talking to);
and often a plus sign
meant to cover anyone else
who’s not included
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/
style/lgbtq-gender-language.html
L.I.
Long Island USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/nyregion/
body-of-suspect-in-long-island-shootings-is-found.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/nyregion/
long-island-power-authoritys-flaws-hindered-recovery-efforts.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/nyregion/
09bodies.html
Libor
London interbank offered rate
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/opinion/libor-naked-and-exposed.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/sep/01/2
L.I.E.
Long Island Expressway USA

Paul Franklin Dano as Howie
in Michael Cuesta's L.I.E. - 2001
http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2001_L.I.E._photo.html
http://www.nycroads.com/roads/long-island/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/nyregion/24tanker.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,849682,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,3604,677869,00.html
L.I.R.R.
Long Island Rail Road
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/opinion/sunday/payback-on-the-lirr.html
LMA
League Managers' Association
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/22/
stan-collymore-slams-lma-statement-malky-mackay-texts
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/22/
lma-richard-bevan-urged-quit-malky-mackay-text-message
LOL
Laughing Out Loud

Scott Stantis Alabama
The Birmingham News
Cagle
22 January 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/nyregion/06cheshire.html
LP / LPs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/apr/22/
vinyl-records-lost-ed-vulliamy
LSE
London Stock Exchange
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/home/homepage.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/dec/15/money
LSU
Louisiana State University USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/11/
557108303/l-s-u-police-arrest-10-over-phi-delta-theta-fraternity-pledges-death
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-14-
lsu-students-slain_N.htm
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