Word: studious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Manhattan skyline is an ever-changing panorama that has been pierced by 132 new office buildings since 1947 in the world's biggest building boom. One of the men who has done the most to change the skyline is a quiet, studious owner-builder named Erwin S. (for Service) Wolf son. Last week Wolfson, 57, was busy preparing for the biggest building job of its kind ever undertaken in New York City: a 59-story, $100 million Grand Central City that will rise just north of Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal...
...University; but his college board exam score was ten points too low. Alfred's Basketball Coach Pete Smith promptly got him a scholarship. Warren broke 20 Alfred records, last year was the nation's fourth-ranking rebounder in small college play, and he stayed as shy and studious as ever. "The nicest, quietest kid in the world," said Recruiter Smith proudly...