Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second in a year. For all practical purposes, the former British colony gained independence last year, but to facilitate administrative changeovers, Britain retained symbolic sovereignty by making Kenya a dominion. Last week saw the progression from mere uhuru (freedom) to jamhuri (republic). Though Kenya remains a member of the Commonwealth, Jomo Kenyatta, who had been Prime Minister, duly changed his title to President, replacing Queen Elizabeth as head of state...
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...Would not "trial by newspaper" [Nov. 27] cease or be drastically curtailed in the U.S. if the British Commonwealth legal principle in such cases were followed? Under this procedure, once an accused has been brought into court nothing may be said publicly about the case that is not given in evidence in court, on pain of contempt proceedings. Further, although a crime may be described in the press before any court action is initiated or before an arrest is made, nothing may be said or implied that would link any particular person with the execution of that crime until...
Waiting for Noah. The surcharge on their exports was a jolting setback for the Commonwealth nations and Britain's trading partners in E.F.T.A., Europe's Outer Seven: yet the Prime Minister made no attempt to soften the blow by consulting them in advance...
...committee vote ignored a 1953 General Assembly ruling that Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth "in free association" with the U.S. and thus not a proper subject for U.N. territorial studies. Stormed Governor Luis Munoz Marin: "It is inconceivable that a responsible international body could place itself in the untenable position of advocating a political status for a people who have categorically rejected it in numerous elections." Munoz pointed out that Puerto Rico's minuscule Independence Party mustered less than 5% (22,000 out of 800,000) of the vote in the Nov. 3 elections-not even enough...