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Seller's Market. What put the show on the road was a $24.5 million grant from the Ford Foundation in 1957. The operation is still based at Princeton, under President Sir Hugh Taylor, dean emeritus of Princeton's graduate school. But its recruiting setup now spans the nation; 3,000 of the 4,000 fellowships given so far have been awarded since the Ford grant. On U.S. campuses today, the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship is fast becoming a domestic version of the Rhodes Scholarship-a peak of academic distinction...
...right forearm was strapped to the rubber-cushioned rest, and she gripped a handle connected to a chain-and-wheel tackle from which hung 4 kg. (8¾ Ibs.) of lead. "Hold it as long as you can," ordered the thin, white-gowned woman pacing behind the test setup last week in an enclosed balcony of Lathrop Hall, women's gymnasium of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The coed, Marilyn Grabin, gritted her teeth and lifted the handle, got the weight up about eight inches...
...break up the rigid hierarchical structure that Pechiney shared with many European businesses, De Vitry gave the firm a divisional setup much like General Motors', streamlined administration, pruned departments that had only tradition to recommend them. He brought in young men, gave them a great deal of liberty. Says he: "I think that confidence produces far better results than surveillance." In addition to a productivity bonus that nets employees an average 30% over their base pay, Pechiney last Christmas gave employees nearly 32,000 shares worth $2,000,000 on the Paris Bourse...
...Arranged for a coordinated military-civilian air-traffic-control setup with the help of military's $2 billion radar network, within a few months established complete ground radar control on all major high-altitude routes...
Henning emphasized that the proposed "constitution" for the Loeb is not final, and that there will probably be several changes to bring it more in line with the existing organizational setup. The HDC, he stated, will remain an "absolutely autonomous group...