Word: youngest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nock, at 28, became the youngest full professor at Harvard in a half century upon his arrival from Cambridge University, England, in 1930. From the time of his appointment to the chair he held until his death, Nock's reputation as a scholar grew...
...cheesecake, not for fear of giving offense, but because Danes find such displays boring: there are much better views at the beach. In any other country, King Frederik IX's three unmarried daughters would make sentimental copy, but the tabs mostly ignore them. When Princess Anne-Marie, the youngest and fairest, embarked on a mild romance with Prince Constantin of Greece. B.T. agonized awhile, then decided to be sensational. "Is this more than friendship?" it asked. All over Denmark, eyebrows lifted at such journalistic impertinence...
...years ago, Economist Gabriel Hauge was one of the youngest and one of the most influential voices among President Eisenhower's economic advisers. At 48, Hauge (pronounced How-ghee) now says. "I wouldn't have missed a day of my time in Washington-but I've never missed a day since." He has accomplished what few economists ever manage: a smooth transition from theorizing about business to managing one. Last week he was named president of New York's Manufacturers Hanover, the world's fourth largest bank...
...that an unfavorable missile gap did indeed exist. Although the speedup seemed "absolutely impossible" to Air Force brass, it was accomplished mainly by the drive, patience, and, as one colleague puts it, the "damn genius" of Brigadier General Sam Phillips, Minuteman program director and, at 41, one of the youngest generals in the Air Force...
...wonder of the new orchestra is that a third of its players are fresh out of conservatories. The youngest is 18, and the group has played together no more than 30 hours. But Stokowski has an almost uncanny way of making instrumentalists play better than their best; he is as adept as ever at juggling his seating arrangements to produce the lush orchestral effects that are now so easily recognized as the Stokowski Sound...