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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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