Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...millions into one big (339,169 sq. mi.) colony called Nigeria in 1914. As far back as 18 years ago, Nigerians were admitted to the Governor's Cabinet. As a result of their wise stewardship, Britain has won a fervent friend and a loyal new partner for the Commonwealth. Last week thousands cheered vivacious Princess Alexandra, cousin of Queen Elizabeth, as she flew in from London to represent the royal family at the celebrations. Even that old nationalist warhorse, Dr. Nnamde ("Zik") Azikiwe, 55, who cursed Britain for years in his personal campaign for Nigerian independence, proclaimed that...
...large crowd and may even aid Nixon in November. Sen. Saltonstall and John Volpe, the GOP candidate for Governor, met Nixon at the airport. Saltonstall and Nixon posed for a picture with arms slung over each other's shoulders, while Volpe, who could go down in history as the Commonwealth's shortest Governor, jumped and craned his neck behind them. Both Saltonstall and Volpe had their hands full as the motorcade passed through the downtown shopping district...
...said some very nice things about Nixon, and the vice-President responded by declaring at one point, "Massachusetts needs Leverett Saltonstall. I would change that to America needs Leverett Saltonstall." The Republicans displayed an interesting slate, including Secretary of State nominee Edward W. Brooke, the first Negro in the Commonwealth to run for state-wide office, and Augustus Means, the extremely young-looking Junior Chamber of Commercetype candidate for Lieutenant Governor. There was someone to please everybody, and it was a not unattractive lineup...
...latest attempt by the Kennedy family to try and outbid the State Department. I am sure that many readers of TIME will echo Senator Hugh Scott's words concerning this matter of exposing the immature, hot-tempered, . glory-seeking actions of the junior Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...million in exports that South Africa is expected to lose this year as a result of the boycott of South African goods by Ghana. Malaya, the West Indies and others. And all South African businessmen are haunted by the fear that if Verwoerd proclaims a republic, other Commonwealth members may reject South Africa's request to remain, nonetheless, within the Commonwealth and its preferential tariff system...