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Ever since the war, France has been struggling to achieve strong and stable Government. Success has not been conspicuous. The average life-span of Governments in the Fourth Republic is just over six months. But when Pierre Mendes-France came to power last June, it appeared that his dynamic policy might command enough popular support to assure a long stay in office.
US, GB seen weighing increased arms aid to Near Eastern states; seek to avoid upsetting balcnce
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, which claims to be the largest mortgage lender in the nation, has sold about $60,000,000 of home mortgages to commercial banks since Jan. 3.
For almost a year, Wall Street analysts have been waiting for the low-price issues to reflect, in their own wild manner, the long upsurge of the blue chips. They are still waiting.
Sullivan repts Atka briefly off Peter I Island; glacier that dumps icebergs down 2,000-ft cliff into sea sighted; map; ocean bottom tested
1955Avram Grant, Israeli football manager[†]
Avraham "Avram" Grant is an Israeli professional football manager who currently manages the Zambia national football team. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup victories with different teams, and also managing the Israel national team for four years.
1955John Kuester, American basketball player and coach[†]
John Dewitt Kuester Jr. is an American basketball coach and scout. As a player he spent three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1977 to 1980 and then coached in the college ranks before moving on to the NBA sidelines as an assistant. Kuester was named head coach of the Detroit Pistons in July 2009 and coached the team for two seasons.
1955Michael Pollan, American journalist, author, and academic[†]
Michael Kevin Pollan is an American journalist who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where in 2020 he cofounded the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, in which he leads the public-education program. Pollan is best known for his books that explore the socio-cultural impacts of food, such as The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma.
1955Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach[†]
Bruno Stolorz is a former coach of the German national rugby union team.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]