Younger Than Springtime it was sung by John Kerr miming to a vocal by Bill Lee. Hammerstein used repetition as a key aspect of the song repeating the words "am I" and "are you" when describing Cable and Liat: "softer than starlight", "gayer than laughter" and "younger than springtime". The song is written in F Major. Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat,
72 Things Younger Than John McCain 72 Things Younger Than John McCain 72 Things Younger Than John McCain is a book by American blogger Joe Quint. The book lists items from popular culture that were invented after John McCain's birth in 1936, including nachos, Social Security, chocolate chip cookies, duct tape and ZIP codes. "72 Things Younger Than John McCain" also includes people who are younger than McCain, even though the reader might believe them to be older. Quint used the book to show how the age of a candidate was more relevant to their success as President of the United States than gender or race.