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L

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. / LA

Los Angeles, California        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/08/
1014098306/la-public-health-officers-are-worried-about-the-latest-covid-19-data

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/
679256192/la-is-grim-and-nicole-kidman-is-grizzled-in-destroyer

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/
opinion/sunday/i-love-la.html

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

LMAO

“laughing my ass off”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/
style/ijbol-lol-lmao.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

https://www.lapdonline.org/ 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17gates.html

LAWS

drones known as a

lethal autonomous weapons system

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/
1002196245/a-u-n-report-suggests-
libya-saw-the-first-battlefield-killing-by-an-autonomous-d

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)

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
lyndon-b-johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/19/theobserver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1964/jul/03/usa.fromthearchive

L/Cpl

Lance Corporal        UK

https://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

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/
nyregion/24tanker.html

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/29/
artsfeatures8

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/apr/03/
artsfeatures

L.I.R.R.

 Long Island Rail Road        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/
opinion/sunday/payback-on-the-lirr.html 

L.L.C.

Limited Liability Company

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/
technology/Scott-Hassan-Allison-Huynh-divorce.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

cartoon

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 

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-deat

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