IBM was 'King of the Hill' with their new, powerful mainframe computers, the IBM-370 line. The MRC Division of Westinghouse Learning Corporation (WLC) ordered an IBM-370 in anticipation of handling all of the central processing for the ill-fated Westinghouse Project PLAN (Programmed Learning According to Needs). As stated in this Press-Citizen article, dated July 9, 1970, "In PLAN, a typical unit may be an experiment in chemistry, a math lesson or a specific English lesson such as the use of adverbs. A student completes an assignment at his own speed and the computer evaluates his progress and provides the teacher with daily management reports." Fortunately, MRC had many other uses for a more powerful mainframe computer than for WLC's pet Project PLAN, as the MRC business continued to grow and prosper, despite Corporate WLC's meddling and misguided activities