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- . That's where
John Quincy Adams said he feigned
being asleep but he could hear what
the people were saying across the
hall and he could cut off debate.
That's where Abraham Lincoln sat
for his one term from Illinois. Back
• • •
over here was James K
- and under its bright
beam with nighttime lights. Early on.
I bumped into Mr. Sam Rayburn one
evening who said: "Isn't it the most
beautiful sight in the world?"
When Pearl Harbor came, the
lights brieny went out. I knew then
that when they came on again
- of the place
captured many as they
watched the Texas
orange sun disappear
behind the horizon, its
beams shimmering on
the river. Johnson's
famed Texas barbecues
were the talk of the
international political
set. his favorite musi
cians playing country,
western
- , a conservative stronghold, would
give the K nneclys a warm and friendly
welcome. With great pride I beamed at
our guests, at my husband, at our eager
Texans cheering and waving, and knew
that things could not be better ...
'·Our caravan gathered
speed and
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