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...darkness and in light, in piety, and indeed in humility from the very date on which these historic foundations were raised up to the sight of mankind. Like manna from heaven, endowments have rained down upon us, giving us to know that our thoughts are upright and our actions upward. Yea, is the wonderworking of providence not proof enough of the fruitfulness of our seed...
...biocontrol-turning men into robots [TIME, Oct. 15]-as expounded by Engineer Curtiss Schafer is the most chilling scientific vision in many a year. For man to be enslaved by electrical processes, his spirit and genius and upward thrust mechanically coerced and molded to the will of a malignant Grand Inquisitor-this is the final madness...
...Onward & Upward. To make sure it gains, Dresser has always done its best to let every new family member keep its individuality, run itself with its own officers, subject only to Dresser's overall direction. Says Mallon: "We hold on tenaciously to all the operating benefits that go with small-size companies, with Dresser Industries acting as a management group doing all those things where bigness is important." Proving the idea in the last seven years, Dresser found and bought four more companies-Magcobar, Lane-Wells Co., Southwestern Industrial Electronics and Guiberson Corp.-and helped them grow bigger...
...brilliantly that the rival Second Army was "annihilated" (except George Patton, who turned up with a force of Second Army tanks in Eisenhower's rear). This stunning victory opened the eyes of Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall, and soon Ike began moving surefootedly upward through the stars of generalship. Right after Pearl Harbor, Marshall made him assistant chief of war plans, then chief, then ordered Ike to draw up an organization plan for the European Theater. So well was it drawn that, on Marshall's urging, Franklin Roosevelt reached far down through the ranks to appoint...
...price of money, like most other prices in the high-pressure Canadian economy, continued to creep upward last week. For the sixth time in 15 months, the Bank of Canada raised its rate on loans to chartered banks. The country's basic interest rate was increased from 3¼% to 3½%,* the highest ever charged by the government-owned central bank...