Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demands immediate withdrawal from Vietnam, no negotiations, and "an end to university attacks on the people." Designed to bring together as many Boston area schools as possible, it will begin from three separate spots-Boston University, Boston State, and Harvard-and all marchers will meet at the intersection of Commonwealth and Massachusetts Avenue, then continue on to the Federal building...
...favorite story is told by a friend who was once invited to dinner at one of the junior colleges that blight Commonwealth Ave. As his date led him into a large, tastefully decorated dining room, she asked. "Don't you think this is lovely?" "Yes, very nice," he answered. "Yes," she agreed, then added wistfully, "too bad we're too dumb here to appreciate...
...advisory opinion, the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth said, in effect that cities in the state did not have the power to pass rent control unless the state legislature passed a law specifically allowing them to do so. The opinion came in response to a request for advice about a proposal for rent control in Boston...
...professionals have fared no better. George Miller, senior vice president of the San Francisco firm that manages the $544 million Commonwealth Group of Mutual Funds, encourages his analysts to invest with their own cash. "Virtually without ex ception, they are losing money now," he reports. Dr. Shannon Pratt, director of the Portland (Ore.) State University Investment Analysis Center, estimates that the value of his own stocks has dropped 23% since May-a period during which the Dow-Jones industrial average has gone down 15%. He invests largely in over-the-counter stocks, which rose faster than most listed shares during...
There has been speculation in the City, but no confirmation from any councillor, that the council would ask the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth for an advisory opinion on whether passing a rent control ordinance is within the powers of the City of Cambridge, or its voters under the state's provisions for home rule...