Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Addressing a press conference in Pakistan's capital of Rawalpindi, the hawk-nosed Foreign Minister announced that because of Malaysia's "immoral, hostile and unfriendly" attitude on the Kashmir question, Pakistan was severing diplomatic relations forthwith. Thus, last week, Pakistan became the first member of the British Commonwealth ever to cut its ties with another...
Wilson won easy and overwhelming approval for his support of the U.S. in Viet Nam, despite the now familiar demands from some left-wing M.P.s for a softer line. He also had little trouble winning support for his government's proposal to limit Commonwealth immigration. A tougher nut, however, was gaining approval of anti-inflation legislation requiring unions to submit wage demands to a government board...
...lengthy, bitter, and complex Arnold Arboretum case entered its final phase yesterday as arguments were heard in the Commonwealth's Supreme Judicial Court...
...said that Wilson's new immigration policy -- restricting the Commonwealth nations to 7500 people a year -- had offended many by putting "alien whites" ahead of people who feel loyal to England...
Richard E. McLaughlin, Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles, has written the City Council that "a very large proportion of the payment markings...have been created without the knowledge or approval of the Department of Public Works and, in consequence, are without legal standing before the courts of the Commonwealth...