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...Cambridge, at least, the proverbial fast-disappearing pedestrian may soon be joined by a fast-disappearing motorist if cars multiply at the present extravagant rate while parking and traffic facilities remain virtually static...
Stars of the show were Britain's newest jet engines. De Havilland's Gyron has 15,000 Ibs. of static thrust, is claimed to be the most powerful in the world. The Rolls-Royce Conway, a "bypass jet" with 13.000 Ibs. of thrust (TIME, July 4), was shown at Farnborough for the first time...
...static" showing of airplane components is not what made Farnborough famous. The general public, admitted for three days, came in hundreds of thousands to see airplanes do breathtaking stunts...
...competition. But few of them feel that competition is being hurt-yet. The indications are just the opposite; mergers have made more banks than ever capable of competing. Said Chase Manhattan's Chairman John J. McCloy before the House Antitrust Subcommittee: "Any attempt to hold banks in a static mold, impervious to the dynamic forces reshaping the rest of society, would be to render them less useful and gradually impotent...
Speaking to the American Bar Association, the President said: "We must not think of peace as a static condition in world affairs. That is not true peace, nor in fact can any kind of peace be preserved that way. .Change is a law of life, and unless there is peaceful change, there is bound to be violent change . . .* The Spirit of Geneva, if it is to provide a healthy atmosphere for the pursuit of peace, if it is to be genuine and not spurious, must inspire all to a correction of injustices, an observance of human rights...