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Scot of Scots. Coldstream has been home to the Homes for at least eight centuries, and they have always been powers in the land. Their rolling farm lands were bestowed on the family by Scotland's King William the Lion in the 13th century. Later, the Homes merged with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Winner | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

When Fred J. Borch was named executive vice president of General Electric 15 months ago, the implication was as blaring as the horn on a G.E. diesel locomotive (TIME, Aug. 10, 1962). The post has existed only off and on in G.E.'s history, and is usually reactivated to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Electric's New General | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

To give Britain 30 universities by 1965, the University Grants Committee -which administers government funds while fending off government control-first authorized the new Sussex campus in Brighton, the holiday town on England's Channel coast. Then it opened a national competition for six more universities of 3,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Explosion in Britain | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

>Pilot house for one of the twelve villages making up the 10,000-acre El Dorado Hills development near Sacramento, Calif., consists of four interconnected pavilions for 1) living, 2) parents, 3) teen-age children, 4) service (a two-car garage, plus workshop, laundry, and storage space). The pavilions surround...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: The Custom Look | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

No Useless Leisure. Tex Thornton himself has few broad interests outside of work. "I can't stand useless leisure," he says. Thornton and Ash take vacations only in alternate years, but after a few days Thornton usually finds himself hankering to get back to work. Thornton lives in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: An Appetite for the Future | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

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