Word: progress
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Best chance for an investor to share in airline progress: the growth of trans-ocean flying, now almost entirely concentrated, so far as concerns the U. S., in the hands of Pan American Airways...
...author recognizes that young always have ideals, and he may agree that without such visions there can be no progress. In this post-war era youth has become aware of the cosmic problems of life, and his attitude towards the world is no longer that of a heedless child. For every fundamental obstacle to ultimate happiness he has formed many solutions, most of which are probably wrong, but some of which must contain the germ of truth. Unfortunately, because of the complex social system, in which his elders refuse to yield the sceptre, dreading a change in the status...
...progress of our industrialized civilization depends not only on the ingenuity of our engineers in the conception of new methods for supplying our material needs, but also on their ability to carry out ideas in actual practice. This necessitates the use of a variety of materials for the construction of tools, machinery, and other products. Among these, metals and metallic alloys stand preeminent. Industrial builders in all fields are constantly demanding metals which will successfully meet more severe and exacting needs. Unless the metallurgist is able to supply this need further advance must of necessity come to a halt...
...belonging only to the field of the dreamer; steel which neither rusts nor corrodes; steel which does not scale at elevated temperatures; case-hardened articles possessing superhardness without introduction of additional carbon; metallic carbides harder than sapphire; light alloys possessing great strength and ductility and resistance to corrosion, making progress in aircraft possible; and magnetic alloys having unusual properties, making possible further development in electrical engineering...
...which is something, perhaps, that could not be said of earlier numbers. Is it evident that the Guardian in growing out of the diaper stage is probably finding an increasing supply of manuscripts in its doorsteps from which to choose? It is unfortunate that one cannot record the same progress in all respects...