Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...changed in Britain since then. Successive sterling crises have demonstrated to all but the most insular Britons that Little Englandism will not work in the modern industrial world. Britain's once-binding ties of trade with the Commonwealth have continued to loosen, dropping in 1956 from 40% of all British trade to a mere 28% last year. British public opinion-including an estimated 90% of businessmen-has clearly swung round in favor of joining Europe...
...higher, most brands are still on store shelves. Costs of such luxury items as chocolate have skyrocketed, and the only mascara available runs down the ladies' faces. But signs of austerity are few, and business in downtown Salisbury is brisk. Unable to buy from Britain and other Commonwealth countries, Rhodesia has simply turned to friendly South Africa instead. Since Prime Minister Wilson cannot prevent South Africa from selling oil to Rhodesia, Smith gets all he needs to keep the economy going...
Though he would prefer to settle the dispute within the Commonwealth, Wilson has vowed to take it to the U.N. if no accord is reached by Nov. 30. If that happens, Smith has said that "the matter would be taken out of our hands," meaning he would have no choice but to declare Rhodesia a republic and sever ties with the Commonwealth...
Died. Sir "Evelyn Wrench, 84, a wellborn journalist from Northern Ireland and longtime chairman of The Spectator, who in 1918, in order "to draw together in the bond of comradeship the English-speaking people of the world," founded the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, to facilitate cultural exchanges, give scholarships, hold conferences, in 1920 founded a U.S. counterpart, saw the groups grow to more than 100,000 members; of a heart attack; in Marlow, England...
Unlike some other Massachusetts Democrats, McCormack has recognized the necessity of a sales tax or some other source of revenue to enable the Commonwealth to operate. If in fact the sales tax should be defeated at the polls next week, McCormack with his wide base of support in the General Court would probably be able to get it through again, but Volpe would not. Anti-sales-tax sentiment is concentrated in the Senate where it is but a variation on anti-Volpe sentiment, a sentiment which grows stronger daily...