What do General William Westmorland, Actor Eddie Albert, Boxer Max Schmeling,
Musician Artie Shaw, and Economist Milton Friedman have in common?

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Clarification of Question by shikibobo-ga on 06 Dec 2004 12:39 PST

That is correct. The question was posed to me by one of my
diabolically brilliant friends (I have more than one) and you have
just raised my esteem in his eyes. Please post as Answer and claim
nominal prize.

I'm glad to have been able to help you with this; it was an
interesting question. I confess that the answer did not spontaneously
occur to me: I happened upon the fact that all these men are over 90
when I did Google searches for the men's birthdates, which are listed
below.

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General William Westmoreland: March 26, 1914

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Westmoreland 

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Actor Eddie Albert: April 22, 1908 

TV Land
http://www.tvland.com/shows/greenacres/actor1.jhtml

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Boxer Max Schmeling: September 28, 1905

International Boxing Hall of Fame
http://www.ibhof.com/schmelin.htm

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Musician Artie Shaw: May 23, 1910

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Shaw

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Economist Milton Friedman: July 31, 1912

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

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My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "william westmoreland" + "born"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22william+westmoreland%22+born

Google Web Search: "eddie albert" + "born"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22eddie+albert%22+born

Google Web Search: "max schmeling" + "born"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22max+schmeling%22+born

Google Web Search: "artie shaw" + "born"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22artie+shaw%22+born

Google Web Search: "milton friedman" + "born"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22milton+friedman%22+born

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Best regards,
pinkfreud

One similarity: all of these men are over 90 years old.

Thank you for the five stars and the nice tip!

~pinkfreud