Search Details

Word: commonwealth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Bowden's departure as Commonwealth Secretary to become chairman of Britain's Independent Television Authority removed a leading opponent of any British deal with embargoed Rhodesia (see following story"). Douglas Jay's ouster as President of the Board of Trade-a post equivalent to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce-showed that Wilson is determined to pursue British membership in the Common Market, which Jay bitterly opposed. And by keeping James Callaghan as Chancellor of the Exchequer against the expectations of many political analysts, Wilson again signaled the West's financial community that he stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: A Moment of Daring | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

...nation's ghetto schools. It is based on Holt's minute note taking and sharp observation in 14 years of teaching above-average students in such selective sanctuaries as Aspen's Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Cambridge's Shady Hill and Boston's Commonwealth. The son of an affluent Manhattan insurance broker, Holt's own education included Switzerland's elite Le Rosey, Phillips Exeter and Yale ('44). Once fascinated by physics as "a way of getting at the truth of things," Holt's confidence in schooling was first shaken when the atom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching: The Fear of Being Wrong | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

Flanked by his hand-picked directors in London's World Commonwealth Society Hall, Lord Melchett outlined his plans. The 14 steel companies that were officially taken over by the government account for over 90% of Britain's 32 million-ton steelmaking capacity, control 60% of its known iron-ore deposits. British Steel Corp. will be a single company, one-third larger than the next biggest steelmaker in Europe (August Thyssen-Hiitte), divided into four geographical groups. "We tried to build the thing logically, taking into account geography, product and raw-material supply," said Lord Melchett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Lord of Steel | 8/11/1967 | See Source »

Most of the Holyoke Center hippies are products of the Commonwealth. A few are from San Francisco, vagabonding around. These tend to be proseletyzers, and the Greater Boston hippies will see them off with some relief. "Love, Love, Love -- what a drag!" commented one Watertown hippie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Front of Holyoke Center Becomes a Hippie-drome | 8/11/1967 | See Source »

...fact is that statehood has made strong gains in recent years, particularly among Puerto Rico's growing urban middle class. In the island's capital, San Juan, commonwealth edged out statehood by only 3,300 votes, and in Ponce, statehood won a majority. If the longing for statehood continues to grow, another plebiscite is certain to be called eventually. Said Millionaire Industrialist Luis A. Ferre, 63, leader of the statehooders: "Puerto Rico will be a state within eight to ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: Something for Everyone | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

Previous | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | Next