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Johnson, Lady Bird: American first lady (1963-69), the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States, and an environmentalist noted for her emphasis on beautification. [2 Related Articles]
Johnson, Larry: (from the article "Football") ...receivers with 1,563 yd and tied Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald with 103 catches. Arizona's Neil Rackers kicked a record 40 field goals with a league-best .952 percentage on 42 attempts. Kansas ...
Johnson, Lee: (from the article "Performing Arts") ...of Philip Glass's latest opera, Appomattox, a study of the leadership qualities of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln. In a thoroughly contrasting work, American composer Lee ...
Johnson, Leon William: general (ret.), U.S. Air Force (b. Sept. 13, 1904, Columbia, Mo.--d. Nov. 10, 1997, Fairfax, Va.), was awarded (1943) the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, for his ...
Johnson, Liz: (from the article "Bowling") A highlight of the PBA season was the first appearance of a female bowler, Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., in a nationally televised PBA tournament, the Banquet Open, held in ...
Johnson, Lonnie: prolific black American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the first major blues and jazz guitarists.
Johnson, Louis: New Zealand poet who rejected the rural themes and parochial nationalism of traditional New Zealand poetry in favour of the themes of everyday suburban life and ordinary human relationships.
Johnson, Lyndon B.: 36th president of the United States (1963-69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency ... [35 Related Articles]
Johnson, Magic: American basketball player who led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers to five championships. [3 Related Articles]
Johnson, Mark: (from the article "1988: Best Picture") Other Nominees
Johnson, Marmaduke: (from the article "publishing, history of") ...their first book, The Whole Booke of Psalmes, in 1640. In the early years of the Colonies, Cambridge, Mass., had the sole privilege of printing, but the monopoly was broken ...
Johnson, Martin: (from the article "Football") ...to win the Rugby Union World Cup, but it was brought down to earth in 2004. Within 12 months of their magnificent triumph in Sydney, Australia, the English had lost ...
Johnson, Martin E.: (from the article "Johnson, Osa") In 1910 Osa Leighty married adventurer and photographer Martin E. Johnson. For two years they played the vaudeville circuit with an exhibit of photographs Martin Johnson had taken in the ...
Johnson, Michael: American sprinter, perhaps the most eminent figure in athletics (track and field) in the 1990s. For much of the decade he was virtually unbeaten in the long sprints-the 200-metre and ... [3 Related Articles]
Johnson, Nkosi: South African activist (b. Feb. 4, 1989, Daveytown, S.Af.-d. June 1, 2001, Johannesburg, S.Af.), became the human face of AIDS in South Africa and an iconic figure in the campaign ...
Johnson, Nunnally: motion-picture producer, screenwriter, and director who has been classified as a perfect example of the Hollywood scriptwriter-one who works under contract and is able to write about virtually any subject. ...
Johnson, Osa: American explorer, filmmaker, and writer who, with her husband, made a highly popular series of films featuring mostly African and South Sea tribal groups and wildlife.
Johnson, Pauline: Canadian Indian poet who celebrated the heritage of her people in poems that had immense appeal in her lifetime.
Johnson, Pete: (from the article "boogie-woogie") Among the greatest popularizers of boogie-woogie were Jimmy Yancey, Pinetop Smith, who is generally credited with inventing the term itself, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, and Meade "Lux" Lewis. Lewis
Johnson, Philip C.: American architect and critic known both for his promotion of the International style and, later, for his role in defining postmodernist architecture. [6 Related Articles]
Johnson, Prince: (from the article "Liberia") ...multinational West African force, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group, attempted to restore order, but the leaders of two rebel groups, Charles Ghankay Taylor and Prince ...
Johnson, Rafer: American athlete, who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. [1 Related Articles]
Johnson, Randy: (from the article "Schilling, Curt") ...however, he struggled, posting losing records. In 1997 he returned to form with 17 wins. Schilling was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2000, and the following year he teamed ...
Johnson, Reverdy: constitutional lawyer, U.S. senator from Maryland (1845-49, 1863-68), attorney general under President Zachary Taylor (1849-50), and minister to Great Britain (1868-69). Able to grasp either side of an issue, he ...
Johnson, Richard M: ninth vice president of the United States (1837-41) in the Democratic administration of President Martin Van Buren.
Johnson, Robert: American blues composer, guitarist, and singer whose eerie falsetto singing voice and masterful, rhythmic slide guitar influenced both his contemporaries and many later blues and rock musicians. [3 Related Articles]
Johnson, Robert: British composer and lutenist, who wrote music for a number of plays, including several by William Shakespeare, and was considered one of England's leading lutenists. [1 Related Articles]
Johnson, Robert L.: American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United States. [2 Related Articles]
Johnson, Robert Wood: American manufacturer who helped further the cause of modern surgery by developing antiseptic bandages and dressings.
Johnson, Samuel: English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. [32 Related Articles]
Johnson, Samuel Curtis: American business executive (b. March 2, 1928, Racine, Wis.-d. May 22, 2004, Racine), served for more than 30 years, until 2000, as head of S.C. Johnson & Son, a company ...
Johnson, Shawn: (from the article "Gymnastics") ...1-9, 2007, the United States (with 184.40 points) won the women's team title over defending champion China (183.45 points) and Romania (178.10 points). The strong U.S. team-Ivana Hong, Shawn Johnson, ...
Johnson, Sir William, 1st Baronet: pioneer in the Mohawk Valley, New York, whose service as colonial superintendent of Indian affairs was largely responsible for keeping the Iroquois neutral and even friendly to the British in ... [2 Related Articles]
Johnson, Thomas: American Revolutionary War leader, first governor of Maryland (1777-79), and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1792-93).
Johnson, Tom: Canadian ice hockey player and coach played 15 seasons (1947-48, 1949-63) for the Montreal Canadiens, during which time he helped lead the team to six Stanley Cup titles (1953, 1956-60) ...
Johnson, Tommy: African-American singer-guitarist, one of the most evocative and influential of blues artists.
Johnson, U Alexis: American diplomat who sat at numerous negotiating tables during his 42-year career in the Foreign Service, culminating in his role as chief U.S. negotiator at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ...
Johnson, Uwe: German author noted for his experimental style. Many of his novels explore the contradictions of life in a Germany divided after World War II.
Johnson, Virginia E.: (from the article "Masters and Johnson") ...N.Y. (B.S.), and the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester (M.D., 1943). In 1947 he joined the faculty of the School of Medicine of Washington University ...
Johnson, Walter: American professional baseball player who had perhaps the greatest fastball in the history of the game. A right-handed thrower with a sidearm delivery who batted right as well, Johnson pitched ... [2 Related Articles]
Johnson, William: associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 who established the practice of rendering individual opinions-concurring or dissenting-in addition to the majority opinion of the court. A deeply ...
Johnson, Zach: (from the article "Golf") The four major men's golf championships in 2007 produced four different winners. For three men-American Zach Johnson, Argentina's Angel Cabrera, and Irishman Padraig Harrington-it was a first major success, but ...
Johnson-Bovey Building: (from the article "building construction") ...overloading. In 1930 the American engineer Hardy Cross introduced relaxation methods for the approximate analysis of rigid frames, which greatly simplified the design of concrete structures. In the Johnson-Bovey Building ...
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen: Liberian politician and economist, who was president of Liberia from 2006. She was the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country. [7 Related Articles]
Johnston Atoll: unincorporated territory of the United States in the central Pacific Ocean, about 825 miles (1,330 km) southwest of Honolulu. It consists of four small islands on a raised coral atoll ... [1 Related Articles]
Johnston, Albert Sidney: Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-65); his death in the second year of the war was considered an irreparable loss by the South. [4 Related Articles]
Johnston, Benjamin: (from the article "12-tone music") ...set while simultaneously writing tonal music; among them are Schoenberg himself, the Austrian-born Ernst Toch, the American Walter Piston, and the Russian Dmitry Shostakovich. The American composer Benjamin Johnston combined ...
Johnston, Bruce: (from the article "Beach Boys, the") ...later members included David Marks (b. 1948Newcastle, Pa.) and Bruce Johnston (original name William Baldwin; b. June 24, 1944Chicago, Ill.). Initially perceived as...
Johnston, David Claypoole: American cartoonist who, strongly influenced by the English caricaturist George Cruikshank, produced imaginative and original drawings. [1 Related Articles]
Johnston, Edward: British teacher of calligraphy who had a widespread influence on 20th-century typography and calligraphy, particularly in England and Germany. He has been credited with starting the modern calligraphic revival. [1 Related Articles]
Johnston, George: (from the article "Rum Rebellion") ...of commodities prices. His arrest early in January 1808 seemed to augur ill for the colony's more prosperous settlers, including the corps officers. It appears likely that Macarthur convinced Maj. ...
Johnston, Henrietta: early American portrait artist who was quite possibly the earliest woman artist in America.
Johnston, Jennifer: Irish novelist whose works deal with political and cultural tensions in Ireland, with an emphasis on the problems of the Anglo-Irish. Rich in dialogue, Johnston's novels often concern interpersonal relationships ...
Johnston, Joseph E: Confederate general who never suffered a direct defeat during the American Civil War (1861-65). His military effectiveness, though, was hindered by a long-standing feud with Jefferson Davis. [8 Related Articles]
Johnston, Ollie: American animator was a member of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men," a group of top-notch animators. Johnston began his lifelong career (1935-78) with Disney working on such shorts as Mickey's ...
Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton: British explorer, botanist, and pioneer colonial administrator. Widely traveled in Africa and speaking many African languages, he was closely involved in what has been called the scramble for Africa by ... [3 Related Articles]
Johnston, Tom: (from the article "Scotland") During World War II Scotland suffered some 34,000 combat deaths, and approximately 6,000 civilians were killed, many in air attacks on Clydeside. In 1943 Tom Johnston, a Labour member of ...
Johnston, Wayne: (from the article "Literature") ...African warlord, was far distant from the starving fields of 1840s Ireland in Peter Behrens's The Law of Dreams and the low misery and sideways humour staining the ever-circling memories ...
Johnstown: city, seat (1838) of Fulton county, east-central New York, U.S. It lies near the Mohawk River, adjoining Gloversville, 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Albany. It was founded in 1762 ...
Johnstown: city, Cambria county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Conemaugh River and Stony Creek, 76 miles (122 km) east of Pittsburgh. Johnstown is the centre of ... [1 Related Articles]
Johnstown: (from the article "The Belmont Stakes") ...captured the three events in 1930, and Gallant Fox's colt Omaha, who won in 1935. Among his other successful horses were Happy Gal, Faireno, Granville, Vagrancy, and Nashua. In 1939 ...
Johnstown Flood: (from the article "Johnstown") The city was the victim of a disastrous flood in 1889. At 3:10 PM on May 31, the South Fork Dam, a poorly maintained earthfill dam holding a major upstream ...
Johor: state of Malaysia, southernmost state of Peninsular (West) Malaysia. Its 250-mile (400-km) coastline along the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea also winds around the Republic of Singapore's northern ... [5 Related Articles]
Johor Bahru: city, southern West Malaysia. It lies at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula and is separated from Singapore Island by the Johor Strait. At this point, a short rail ...
Johore Strait: northern arm of the Singapore Strait, 30 mi (50 km) long and 34-3 mi wide, between the Republic of Singapore and the region of Johor at the southern tip of ... [1 Related Articles]
join: (from the article "feldspar") The most obvious differences between the high- and low-temperature diagrams are along the alkali-feldspar (Or-Ab) join (the boundary line between the phases). As indicated, sanidine and anorthoclase are high-temperature alkali ...
join operator: (from the article "computer science") ...it is simply called a tuple. The relational approach also supports queries (requests for information) that involve several tables by providing automatic linkage across tables by means of a "join" ...
joinder and impleader: in law, processes whereby additional parties or additional claims are brought into suits because addressing them is necessary or desirable for the successful adjudication of the issues.
Joiner, C. M.: (from the article "Dallas") ...products, and an automobile plant and a branch bank of the Federal Reserve System were established there. Mexican immigrants contributed to the population growth. In 1930 C.M. ("Dad") Joiner discovered ...
joining: (from the article "materials processing") Another further alteration may be "joining," the process of permanently, sometimes only temporarily, bonding or attaching materials to each other. The term as used here includes welding, brazing, soldering, and ...
joint: in carpentry, junction of two or more members of a framed structure. Joinery, or the making of wooden joints, is one of the principal functions of the carpenter and cabinetmaker. ... [5 Related Articles]
joint: in anatomy, a structure that separates two or more adjacent elements of the skeletal system. Depending on the type of joint, such separated elements may or may not move on ... [5 Related Articles]
joint: (from the article "automation") The mechanical manipulator of an industrial robot is made up of a sequence of link and joint combinations. The links are the rigid members connecting the joints. The joints (also ...
joint: in geology, a brittle-fracture surface in rocks along which little or no displacement has occurred. Present in nearly all surface rocks, joints extend in various directions, generally more toward the ... [1 Related Articles]
Joint African and Malagasy Organization: (from the article "Togo") ...first president. He maintained economic cooperation with France. Togo became a member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU, now the African Union) in 1963 and in 1965 subscribed to ...
Joint Chiefs of Staff Organization, U.S.: (from the article "Bradley, Omar Nelson") ...chief of staff of the army (1948-49). He was well liked by both officers and enlisted men, and, after the unification of the armed forces, he was chosen in 1949 ...
Joint Committee of Fifteen: (from the article "Radical Republican") ...the Radicals at first welcomed Andrew Johnson as president. But Johnson quickly indicated his intention to pursue Lincoln's lenient Reconstruction policies. The Radicals turned on him, formed the Joint Committee ...
Joint Development Zone: (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") ...who purchased exploration concessions. In 2001 Sao Tome and Principe and Nigeria reached an agreement to oversee the exploration and development of potential oil fields in the Joint Development Zone ...
joint disease: any of the diseases or injuries that affect human joints. Arthritis is no doubt the best-known joint disease, but there are also many others. Diseases of the joints may be ... [3 Related Articles]
joint distribution: (from the article "Joint distribution of X and Y") ...P{X = x_I, Y = y_j} is called the joint distribution of X and Y. Since {X = x_I} = ∪_j{X = x_I,...
Joint Distribution Committee: (from the article "Magnes, Judah Leon") During World War I Magnes was a pacifist and, in addition, drifted away from Zionism, whose leaders supported the Allied war effort. He joined the Joint Distribution Committee, which, unlike ...
Joint European Torus: (from the article "plasma") ...of which is a circular field parallel to the axis of the plasma. In addition, a number of turbulent plasma processes must be controlled to keep the system stable. In ...
joint family: family in which members of a unilineal descent group (a group in which descent through either the female or the male line is emphasized) live together with their spouses and ...
Joint Industrial Labour Council: (from the article "Netherlands, The") ...of Christian Trade Unions (Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond; CNV), and a few small independent organizations far behind in membership. Employer organizations and labour unions are represented on the Joint Industrial Labour ...
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...were ununtrium (113) and ununpentium (115), names derived from scientific Latin indicating their atomic numbers. Scientists of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif., and the Joint Institute for Nuclear ...
Joint Intelligence Committee: (from the article "intelligence") MI6 is supervised by the Joint Intelligence Committee, a cabinet subcommittee under the permanent undersecretary of the foreign office. The Joint Intelligence Committee, which oversees all British intelligence agencies, controls ...
Joint Naval Commission: (from the article "Vanuatu") ...and planters in the group. To protect the interests of the mainly British missionaries and mainly French planters, the British and French governments established rudimentary political control with a Joint ...
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling: (from the article "exploration") One geophysics research program, known as JOIDES (Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling), operates Resolution, a deep-sea drilling vessel that represents a major advance in research ships. It is ...
joint operation: (from the article "tactics") ...maneuvering against each other like navies at sea, were seldom, if ever, realized. Even in North Africa, with its absolutely open terrain, victory usually went to the side that better ...
joint pine: (from the article "Ephedra") ...family in the order Gnetales of the division Gnetophyta. Ephedra contains 65 species, among them the Asiatic plants known as ma huang, sources of the decongestant drug ephedrine. The joint ...
Joint Racing Board: (from the article "Jockey Club") ...the sport generally. Its Turf Board, consisting of nine Jockey Club stewards, coordinates long-term policy as opposed to day-to-day operation. Overall control of the sport is in the hands of ...
joint stool: (from the article "stool") ...into medieval use, the stool remained the common seating form. Late medieval stools, which resembled small benches, were called board, or slab-ended, stools; they were made obsolete by the standard ...
joint tenancy: (from the article "inheritance") ...him to retain for himself not only the income and enjoyment during his lifetime but also the power of management, disposition, and revocation. Through such devices as revocable inter vivos ...
joint-stock company: a forerunner of the modern corporation that was organized for undertakings requiring large amounts of capital; money was raised by selling shares to investors, who became partners in the venture. ... [4 Related Articles]
jointing plane: (from the article "hand tool") ...This fore plane had a slightly convex iron that removed saw and adz marks but left hollows that needed to be leveled by straight-iron planing. If the workpiece was long, ...
Joinville: city, northeastern Santa Catarina estado (state), southern Brazil, on the Rio Cachoeira adjacent to Boa Vista, near the end of Baia (bay) de Sao Francisco, at 20 ... [1 Related Articles]
Joinville: (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...(sometimes featuring a different cast for each version) at the time of production in order to receive wide international distribution. Paramount therefore built a huge studio in the Paris suburb ...
Joinville, Francois-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orleans, prince de: naval officer and writer on military topics who was prominent in the modernization of the French Navy.
Joinville, Jean, sire de: author of the famous Histoire de Saint-Louis, a chronicle in French prose, providing a supreme account of the Seventh Crusade (1248-54). [4 Related Articles]
Joinvilleaceae: (from the article "Poaceae") ...to the same environmental conditions. The closest extant relatives of grasses probably belong to a group of small families centred around the southern Pacific Ocean. One family in particular, the ...
joist: ceiling or floor support in building construction. Joists-of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete-are laid in a parallel series across or abutting girders or a bearing wall, to which they are ... [3 Related Articles]