Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Luis Muñoz Marin, 66, Governor of Puerto Rico, architect of the island's life-giving Operation Bootstrap and its unique commonwealth status, was stepping aside after four terms (16 years) in office. He would not, he insisted, be his party's gubernatorial candidate in the Nov. 3 elections. He would accept nomination for the senate, whence he came, but nothing more. "You must have confidence in yourselves," he pleaded. "You have honored me as a leader and as a teacher, and now the teacher says: 'It is time to return to the class...
Best of Both Worlds. Some Latin Americans sneer at the success, accuse Muñoz of running a sugar-coated Yanqui labor colony, swapping independence for U.S. dollars. Puerto Ricans know better. They are fiercely proud of their "Spanishness" and regard their unique commonwealth status in "free association" with the U.S. as the best of both worlds. Under the 1951 compact with Congress, Puerto Rico lies somewhere between a territory and a full-fledged state. The U.S. protects the island, and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens-though they pay no federal taxes...
...with jewels." Dressed in his red cardinal's robes-he calls them his "glad rags"-he will march up to a mob of children at a parochial school and say: "How are you, children? It's Santa Glaus!" When he welcomes visitors to his stately residence on Commonwealth Avenue in suburban Brighton, he waves a hand at the rich furnishings and cracks: "What do you think of the joint?" Cushing loves to tell stories on himself-such as when he was summoned to give the last rites to a man at the scene of an accident...
Fight the Government. The base of Ansett's empire is aviation, which produces about 62% of his income. Ansett owns eight airlines in Australia, which together constitute the biggest private aviation enterprise in the Commonwealth. Blocked by vast wastelands from easy travel on land, Australians fly enthusiastically for both business and pleasure. Last year the country's planes flew 3,000,000 passengers, and the load is expected to increase another 20% this year. Competing with government-owned Trans-Australia Airlines, Ansett flew more than half the national total in his 100-plane fleet, which ranges from small...
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