Kahn
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noun
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Herman . 1922–83, US mathematician and futurologist; director of the Hudson Institute (1961–83)
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Louis I ( sadore ). 1901–74, US architect, noted for his art museums at Yale (1951–53), Fort Worth (1966–72), and New Haven (1969–74)
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The architects of deregulation, Michael Levine and Alfred Kahn, didn’t know what form airline competition would take.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Duncan Taylor from Taylor Made Farm offered him a job, and Kahn got in his car and drove more than 2,100 miles to Nicholasville, Ky., just outside Lexington.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Kahn, 61, went to Birmingham High School and USC, and decided he wanted to have a career in horse racing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Her third husband, Charles Kahn, a longtime philosophy professor at Penn, died in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Today Cascadian is owned by General Mills, and Kahn is a General Mills vice president.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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