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...Nate Twining ran the Air Force in all but name, distinguished himself for evenhandedness and loyalty to Vandenberg's policies. Twining is near retirement age. President Eisenhower was thus able to appoint him for two years instead of the usual four, and still reserve the chance to appoint youngish (46) General Lauris Norstad, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, to the top Air Force rung before the next presidential term...
...London recently, a tousled, youngish-looking man stepped into the empty vastness of a 50-passenger R.A.F. Hastings transport specially reserved for him. At Singapore, while the plane lay all night in the blaze of 50 searchlights, troops watched over the tousled man as he slept. A few days later, his plane journey over, the man boarded a Royal Navy frigate at an obscure port in northwest Australia and headed for a rendezvous 50 miles away...
...Turks at 45. The Society for Clinical Investigation was designed for just such people as Wood. It was founded in 1908* by a group of youngish men who felt that existing organizations were not geared to encourage research effectively. To keep the organization young, they limit membership to men under 45 (the average age at election is 36). When he reaches the upper limit, a member retires to emeritus status and loses rights to vote and present papers, though he may still sponsor papers by aspirants to membership. Current membership: 258 active, 292 emeritus. Current limit on new members...
This narrative of World War II might well be called "Tales of the North Atlantic." It is unusual among war memoirs in that its author is a bright, youngish (50) rear admiral of naval aviation with no intention of retiring-he currently commands a carrier division in the Atlantic and Mediterranean from the flag bridge of the Coral...
This intake of youth is the most important factor in the new Toryism. Nearly 100 young or youngish new Tory M.P.s invaded the House of Commons after the 1950 elections. I have talked with many of them, and found them impressive. Dynamic and free of prejudice, they surely represent the most hopeful element in British politics today. Coming from the middle classes rather than the great families, they have not yet inspired the confidence of the mass of workers. Given the chance, that should be only a question of time...