Johnson
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US
Pentagon Starts Outreach Program on Blast Risks From Weapons Use
Federal officials have been contacting veterans who may have been injured by blast exposure in the service, including some who were cut off from health benefits.
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Books
Magic Man: The Story of the Greatest Point Guard in N.B.A. History
Roland Lazenby’s big biography of Magic Johnson gives us a wealth of detail, a huge cast of characters and, in a way, the tapestry of our time.
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Newyork
Listening to Lady Bird Johnson, in Her Own Words
“The Lady Bird Diaries” depicts the former first lady as a mass of contradictions.
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Newyork
Mike Johnson Is a Right-Wing Fever Dream Come to Life
Last week, on the eve of his first attempt to become speaker of the House, allies of Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio confidently predicted that his more mainstream and institutionalist opponents would cave rather than resist his ascent. Jordan’s ...
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Newyork
The G.O.P. Goes Full-on Extremist
There are no moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives. Oh, no doubt some members are privately appalled by the views of Mike Johnson, the new speaker. But what they think in the privacy of their own minds isn’t important. What matters is ...
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Books
The Rock’s Wax Figure Will Get Redo, Museum Says
The Grévin Museum in Paris said it is “improving” a likeness of Dwayne Johnson that one online critic called “melanin deficient.”
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Newyork
Ellsworth Johnson, Last Survivor of a Secret Army Unit, Dies at 100
During World War II, he parachuted into France and China as part of a special operations group on missions for the Office of Strategic Services, precursor of the C.I.A.
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Books
‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football
A saga of high school football players taken advantage of by a dubious start-up is played for entertainment in this flawed documentary.
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World
It’s By-election Day in the U.K. What Does That Mean?
Three seats in Parliament recently occupied by Conservatives are up for grabs in an election that may show which way the political winds are blowing.
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Newyork
Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85
He played many characters in his career, but he was best known by far for the one who said, “You doesn’t have to call me Johnson.”