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The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
Laurel Schwulst
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“President Kennedy’s eloquence was designed to make men think; President Johnson’s hammer blows are designed to make men act.”
Robert A. Caro • The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV
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Larry was an engineer’s engineer,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
The General Electric job was offered in May or June of 1935. On June 26, 1935, with Johnson about to accept the offer, President Roosevelt announced the creation of a new governmental agency. It would be called the National Youth Administration, its annual budget would be $50 million—and it would be administered in each state by a state director. T
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
In the Senate, Lyndon Johnson, at forty-six, became the youngest majority leader in Senate history, and as Robert Caro explains, was soon the Master of the Senate.39