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...biggest on the Continent, though its population (20 million) is smaller than France. Italy or West Germany. Yet there is friction. Postwar politics complicated the unity: Holland lost her colonial empire in Indonesia, Belgium grew rich on hers; the population of Holland increased rapidly, that of Belgium remained fairly static; Holland's constitutional monarchy remained steady, Belgium was uncertain about her King; the Dutch worked for low wages, the Belgians demanded high wages. When cheap Dutch goods flooded the Belgian market, Belgian industrialists complained. Full economic union, due to take place in 1950, was postponed...
...ironic and wrong that we who believe in the boundless power of human freedom should so long have accepted a static political role...
...four-beam, low-frequency (200-400 kc.) radio ranges, the airways are now dotted with very-high-frequency (108-118 mc.). Omniranges (TIME, Dec. 20 1948). They cover limited distances (200 miles at 20,000 ft.), but are far more versatile than the old-style ranges. Almost unhampered by static, they give the approaching plane a straight-in heading from any direction. Rather than flying on a narrow, crowded beam, a pilot can tune his Omnirange receiver to the desired station, then read his course on a dial...
...Human groups grown powerful are primarily interested in education for their self-perpetuation, i.e., for the perpetuation of the forms which preserve and extend their power. Their goals are largely static in that they orient not toward expansion and development of human potentialities in the planetary community, but toward status quo preservation; regardless of what 'objective study and conscientious investigation' may suggest. Education for freedom and mature adulthood is obviously not compatible with an inflexible socio-cultural milieu hostile to all change which might affect its structural lineaments...
James Chace's "Rebecca and the Child" is a short narrative piece, told without dialog. Its static form is made up for by Chace's evocative description and understanding control of the central character. Slightly similar in theme, "Sweet Forever" by Nathaniel LaMar is more successful as a story. LaMar mixes dialogue with description to give a forceful picture of the barren life of a Southern girl and her fitful reaching for love...