Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crosland admitted that entering the Market would diminish Britain's ties with the Commonwealth. However, he contended that it was "morally right" for these ties to be reduced. Besides, trade between Britain and the Commonwealth nations would gradually decline regardless of whether Britain joins Europe...
...public debate later, the antiMarket forces, led by two former Health Ministers. Robert Turton and Sir Derek Walker-Smith, forcefully invoked the catch phrase of "Queen, country and Commonwealth.'' But the old arguments failed to rouse a cold audience. When an anti-Marketeer said that Britain's young people were against going into the Market. cries of ''Rubbish'' and "Nonsense" filled the hall...
...again departed from tradition at its policy meeting Wednesday by endorsing Republican Edward W. Brooke for Attorney-General. Brooke, the first Negro to run for statewide office in the Commonwealth, faces Democratic candidate Francis E. "Sweepstakes" Kelly. Kelly had distinguished himself by advocating a giant sweepstakes to remedy Massachusetts' financial ills...
Iannello's saga contains in microcosm all of the elements of the Massachusetts political profess. Yet the citizens of the Commonwealth, not Iannello and his fellow politicians, are responsible for this process...
...Neill also delighted the 1,000 diners in highly partisan audience by taunting the Republicans on the theft of $70,000 raised by General Eisenhower's speech in the Commonwealth Armory here Monday...