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Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States (1963-69) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notably well educated for her time, she proved a capable manager and a shrewd investor. After marrying LBJ in 1934, when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest inheritance to bankroll his congressional campaign, and then ran his office while he was serving in the Navy. Next, she bought a radio station and then a TV station, which would soon make them millionaires. As First Lady, she broke new ground by liaising directly with Congress, employing her own press secretary, and making a solo electioneering tour.
Johnson was a lifelong advocate for beautifying the nation's cities and highways ("Where flowers bloom, so does hope") and the Highway Beautification Act was informally known as Lady Bird's Bill. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honors.
The Coccinellidae are a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, some parts of Canada and the US), or ladybugs (North America). When they need to use a common name, entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs. Lesser-used names include God's cow, ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly.
Coccinellids are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, head and antennae. Such color patterns vary greatly however; for example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species. has whitish spots on a brown background.
In some species the spots are so large that they merge, leaving the remaining bright colours as spots on a black background. Many coccinellid species are mostly, or entirely, black, grey, or brown and may be difficult for non-entomologists to recognize as coccinellids at all. Conversely,non-entomologists might easily mistake many other small beetles for coccinellids. For example the tortoise beetles, like the ladybird beetles, look similar because they are shaped so that they can cling to a flat surface so closely that ants and many other enemies cannot grip them.
Actors: Rob Lowe (actor), Waléra Kanischtscheff (miscellaneous crew), Mary Pat Gleason (actress), Michelle Trachtenberg (actress), Ridley Scott (producer), Bonnie Johnson (actress), Bill O'Reilly (writer), Casey Siemaszko (actor), Ginnifer Goodwin (actress), Rachel Atkinson (miscellaneous crew), Jamie McShane (actor), Will Rothhaar (actor), Tom Moran (producer), Tom Trigo (miscellaneous crew), Jack Noseworthy (actor),
Plot: Based on Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best seller comes this shocking thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin. As John F. Kennedy (Lowe) rises to become U.S. president, a former Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of history is changed forever as seen in this mesmerizing film about the assassination of JFK -- and its chilling aftermath.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Lenny Kravitz (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), James Marsden (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), James DuMont (actor), Douglas M. Griffin (actor), David Jensen (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), John Cusack (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), Liev Schreiber (actor),
Plot: Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2008-presidential-election, activism, african-american, apartheid, based-on-newspaper-article, birmingham-alabamaActors: Steve Arons (actor), P.J. Galati (editor), Erzen Krivca (actor), Ashton Swinford (actress), Gillian Visco (actress), Donna Del Bueno (actress), Matthew Jenkins (actor), Elaine F. Liebmann (actor), Candace Bryant (actress), Melinda Smart (actress), Deitra Leak (actress), W. Berto Flowers (actor), Cecilia Gault (actress), Dorian McGhee Strickland (actor), Jon Stemmler (actor),
Plot: Lowell continues to commit (promise) to do one thing but instead he takes small short-cuts, and ends up doing something slightly different. This lack of integrity costs him his family and home. He befriends a fisherman on the beach and figures out how to go the long way - and his life is restored.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: J.K. Simmons (actor), Gary Sinise (actor), David Schroeder (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Madison Mason (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Cliff De Young (actor), James Frain (actor), Frederic Forrest (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Kevin Cooney (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Donald Sutherland (actor), Tom Skerritt (actor),
Plot: A portrayal of the Johnson presidency and its spiraling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara and other advisers, President Johnson finds his domestic policy agenda for the Great Society overtaken by an ever demanding commitment to ending the war. It also depicts his political skills as he crosses swords with political foes such as Bobby Kennedy and Governor George Wallace. Despite support and encouragement from stalwart friends such as Clark Clifford, Johnson realizes his management of the war no longer has the confidence of the American people and announces that he will not seek the nomination of the Democratic party for the the 1968 election.
Keywords: 1960s, air-strike, american-president, anti-war-movement, baby, beagle, black-and-white-scene, black-sheep, bombing, cabinetActors: Tom Todoroff (actor), Nan Martin (actress), Clark Gregg (actor), Mark Metcalf (actor), Nadia Dajani (actress), Larry Holden (actor), Brian Smiar (actor), Sam Wells (actor), Nicholas Walker (actor), Carlin Glynn (actress), Stan Kelly (actor), David E. Harshbarger (actor), Jack Ryland (actor), Ken Collins (actor), Letty Gray (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Brent Spiner (actor), G.D. Spradlin (actor), Maurice Marsac (actor), Matthew Faison (actor), George Grizzard (actor), Mitch Ryan (actor), Joe Pantoliano (actor), Bruce French (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Jason Bateman (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Cliff De Young (actor), Jack Warden (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor),
Plot: A personal portrait of one of the most controversial men of this century and the turbulent times in which he lived. An entire era, including the fight for civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the American entry into Vietnam, and the eventual protest against it, was shaped by Bobby Kennedy.
Keywords: american-president, based-on-book, campaign, fbi-chief, kennedy-family, political-primary, president, tv-mini-series, u.s.-presidentActors: Richard Hartley (composer), John Glover (actor), Frances Conroy (actress), Alan Landsburg (producer), Geraldine Fitzgerald (actress), Tim Monich (miscellaneous crew), Barton Heyman (actor), E.G. Marshall (actor), Rick Warner (actor), Tom Wright (actor), Kelsey Grammer (actor), John Shea (actor), Margaret Matheson (producer), Ralph Sheldon (editor), Kevin Conroy (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Mark L. Lester (producer), Steven Arnold (actor), Sylvester (actor), Milton Miron (actor), Milton Miron (writer), Sylvester (actor), Richard Koldewyn (actor), Milton Miron (director), Milton Miron (actor), Pristine Condition (actor), Goldie Glitters (actor), Pamela Tent-Carpenter (actress), Pamela Tent-Carpenter (actress), Kreemah Ritz (actor), Kreemah Ritz (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Mary Woronov (actress), Andy Warhol (director), Andy Warhol (writer), Andy Warhol (producer), Gerard Malanga (actor), Ondine (actor), Ivy Nicholson (actress), Ingrid Superstar (actress), Ingrid Superstar (actress), International Velvet (actress), Richard Rheem (actor),
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Lady?
Lady :
Yes Bird?
Bird :
It's cold
Lady :
I know
Lady :
Bird...
I cannot see a thing
Bird :
It's all in your mind
Lady :
I'm worried
Bird :
No one will come to see us
Lady :
Maybe they come but we just don't see them
What do you see?
Bird :
I see what's outside
Lady :
And what exactly is outside?
Bird :
It's grown-ups
Lady :
Well maybe if we scream they can hear us
Bird :
Yeah, maybe we should try to scream
Lady :
Ok, Bird
Lady & Bird :
Heeeelp, Heeeelp
Can you hear us now ?
Hello !
Help !
Hello it's me
Can you see
Can you see me
I'm here
Nana come and take us
Hello
Are you there
Hello
Lady :
I don't think they can hear us
Bird :
I can hear you lady
Bird :
Do you want to come with me lady
Lady :
Will you be nice to me Bird
Lady :
You're always be nice to me because you're my friend
Bird :
I try but sometimes I make mistakes
Lady :
Nana says we all make mistakes
Bird :
Maybe we should scream more
Lady :
Yes, Bird let's scream more
Lady & Bird :
Help ! Help us ! Come on ! Help
Hello !
Help
Hello !
We're lost
Lady :
I don't think they cannot see us
Bird :
Nobody likes us
Lady :
But they all seem so big
Bird :
Maybe we should just jump
Lady :
What if we fall from the bridge and then nobody can catch us
Bird :
I don't know let's just see what happens
Lady :
Okay
Bird :
Come with me
Lady :
Shall we do it together
Bird :
Yeah
Lady & Bird :
1 2 3....Aaaaaaah
Bird :
Lady?
Lady :
Yes Bird
Bird :
It's cold
Lady :
I know
Lady :
Bird...I cannot see a thing
Bird :