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...Credit. The plan that is most envied, condemned and imitated was started by Jean Monnet in 1946 to rebuild war-torn France. A 30-man Commissariat du Plan-working with reports on demand and capacity from 3,500 businessmen, unionists, economists and educators-now estimates how fast France can and should grow. The current goal is 5½% annually through 1965, and to reach it the commissariat "suggests" investment and output levels for each major industry and producer. The theory: if appliance makers can be led to expect a 5½% increase in consumer demand, they will increase production...
Reading a story on the architectural achievements of Sir Christopher Wren in LIFE two years ago, Westminster's President Robert Davidson had an idea: Why not rebuild one of Wren's old churches on the campus? Every one of the 47 remaining London churches designed by Wren was damaged or destroyed during World War II. Over the years, 37 of them have been restored; one of the few considered for eventual demolition was St. Mary Aldermanbury, probably named after the ancient alderman's court that once stood near by, and rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire...
...France, the bloody S.A.O. terror and a fratricidal power struggle that soured the first months of independence, Algeria needs every centime it can get. Only one Algerian in ten has a steady job. The illiteracy rate is 90%. Officials figure that the country needs at least $2 billion to rebuild, but the treasury is bare. Said Ben Bella: "We are a country emptied...
Brooks feels that the varsity is a balanced squad, but not equal to the strength of last year's undefeated team. The coach pointed out, however, that he has considerable talent to rebuild the squad, which lost its nucleus in June...
...first priority, Sterling set out to rebuild Stanford's faculty with a small cadre of ambitious professors who spread the gospel of Bay area living all over the East and Midwest. Instead of high pay, Stanford offered such lures as 100% loans for building handsome ranch houses on university land. To snag former Harvard Sociologist Sanford M. Dornbusch, Stanford doubled its sociology department with men of his choice. In similar deals Stanford captured American Historian David Potter after 19 years at Yale, German Historian Gordon Craig after 20 years at Princeton, Novelist-Critic Albert J. Guerard after 23 years...