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Sinanoglu noses out by six weeks the 20th century Yale youth record held by Robert M. Hutchins, the boy wonder who became a full professor and acting dean of the law school in 1927. Sinanoglu's nearest current rival is Guido Calabresi, another Yale law professor who got the nod last year; but he was then an aging 29. Gallingly enough, Sinanoglu is not the youngest full professor in Yale's 262 years. The record belongs to Yale's first chemistry professor. Benjamin Silliman, who got the job in 1802 at the age of 23.*Silliman...
...members lost their jobs, bringing to 53 the number of Cabinet casualties in the 13 months since President Arturo Frondizi was deposed by the military. In to replace them came Cabinet members Nos. 54 through 56, with five posts still vacant. As puppet President José María Guido ran through candidates, it was getting harder to fill the posts. A new Education Minister was found only an hour before the swearing-in ceremony; he had to race home to change his clothes, delaying things for 30 minutes...
...another fight. In September, after a bloody skirmish, a constitutional-minded faction of the military, headed by General Juan Carlos Ongania, 48, a sensible professional soldier, took power and promised to hold elections in June-even let the Peronistas campaign. The puppet government of President José Maria Guido set out to form a "National Front" that would wed Frondizi's old Intransigent Radical Party (with 18% of the popular vote), the Peronistas (more than 30%), and the Christian Democrats (5%). But alas, as the promised elections drew ever closer, anti-Peronista jitters set in again. And not without...
...growing troubles in the front negotiations, was enough for Argentina's navy. Headed by Rear Admiral Jorge Julio Palma. 46. commander of the Puerto Belgrano naval base, a group of officers wanted an end to all talk about elections, argued for the ouster of Guido as President and the establishment of a "benevolent dictatorship" that would attempt to stabilize the economy and "normalize" the political situation. Though his forces were small-25,000 navymen and 17,000 marines, compared with 87,000 men in the army and 22,000 in the air force-Admiral Palma enlisted the support...
Fellini was annoyed at suggestions that the film was autobiographical. He and his hero Guido were, admittedly, both 43 and both directors. "But Guido." he said, "is a failure as a director...