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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
LAT
Living Apart Together
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/19/
are-you-a-lat-couple-enjoying-living-apart-together
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 (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
President Obama Speaks on Civil Rights
video April 10, 2024
https://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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