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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emancipated, it will seem that ancient whiffs of brimstone still linger on Boston streets. And those who like to concern themselves with threats to the Commonwealth's morals will breathe a sigh of relief. But by far the largest group of people--those who have not yet purchased their copy of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer--won't even be able to find out what the fuss is all about...

Author: By Joseph L. Featherstone, | Title: Massachusetts Superior Court Bans Sale of Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' | 11/14/1961 | See Source »

...lining, Britain-baiting Kwame Nkrumah is not likely to pull out of the British Commonwealth as long as Ghana is in its present, near-disastrous financial trouble and can still benefit from the Commonwealth's preferential tariffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: Dirt Under the Welcome Mat | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

...coming-out party in London's smart Quaglino's restaurant, Celia Sandys, 17, daughter of Britain's Commonwealth Relations Minister Duncan Sandys and granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, was honored by a visit from the Former Naval Person himself, now 86. "I shall be staying only a half hour, my dear," said Sir Winston, who had just got over a slight cold. But as he sipped champagne and surveyed the 200 dancers in the ballroom, Sir Winston let his first half hour slip by, then another and most of a third. At 12:20 a.m. he finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 10, 1961 | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

...John Harris Ward, 53, moves in as chairman and chief executive officer of Chicago's Commonwealth Edison Co., the nation's third largest public utility. He succeeds Willis D. Gale, 62, who becomes chairman of the executive committee. Harvard-educated (class of '30), Ward intends to push Commonwealth Edison further into household electric heating and the uses of automated machinery. His reasoning: "The more industry uses these wonderful gadgets, the more electricity is consumed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personnel: High-Level Mobility | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

...some of these things are done, an atmosphere of some bounce and energy may creep into the offensively superior blandness of Westminster, and if the Common Market alone can bring Britain to understand its post-war role more clearly, full membership will be worth some Commonwealth hostility...

Author: By Roger Hooker, | Title: The Common Market | 11/8/1961 | See Source »

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