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...thus end the war in Europe by a single-front thrust. Operation Market Garden failed. Though the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions won their objectives, the British ist Airborne met disaster, was chopped to ribbons by two German Panzer divisions in one of the European Theater's sharpest setbacks along the road to victory...
These figures are the latest and sharpest reminder of the steady erosion in the once dominant U.S. trade position around the world. As the industrial plants of West Europe and Japan (see below) become larger and more efficient, often by adopting U.S. methods and automation, competition for world markets grows tougher by the day. The U.S. is being challenged in some of its prime markets, notably in Latin America, by everything from foreign-made appliances to agricultural machinery...
Even London's Conservative and independent press had misgivings about so rigid a course. Said the Economist in one of its sharpest attacks on the government to date: the Devlin report "was testimony to British justice and fair play. It could even have been regarded as a feather in the cap of the government that set [it] up. Instead, the government's response has been roughly, 'Tell the truth and shame the Devlin.' Politics has overridden the appearance of detached justice. Mr. Macmillan has involved the whole credit of himself and his government...
...Wall Street's favorite guessing games in recent weeks: "When will oils begin to catch up with the rest of the market?" The answer came last week, as surging oil-company earnings reports gave oil shares their sharpest rise since the easing of the Suez crisis in December 1956. Standard Oil Co. (NJ.) rose 3$ points to 54⅛ as it reported earnings of $1.47 per share, v. $1.22 in the first half last year. Gulf Oil Corp. stock added 6| points during the week to close at 116⅛, after reporting first-half earnings of $4.38 per share...
...copied by competitors. Their financing can fall through if the stratospheric stock market ever tumbles or credit tightens. Their space-age industries can run into rugged shake-outs-just as most other industries have in the past. This means that only those with the wisest managers, the sharpest scientists and the biggest bankrolls will come through. Even for those, the prices of the stocks are so high that investors are, in effect, paying on the basis of what a company will earn years hence...