Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hyannisport. There were no treaties to sign, no formal agreements to negotiate, and not even a communique to mark the trip, and none were needed. The talk ranged from Commonwealth trade and the Common Market, such touchy matters under Diefenbaker, to Canada's role in the inter-allied nuclear force proposed for NATO. On every count, Pearson declared himself "quite satisfied...
Meeting in joint session, the legislative also adopted measures that would give the authority to request advisory opinions from the state supreme court; to decide when the Commonwealth may give, loan, or pledge its credit; and to continue governmental activity in the event of nuclear attack...
Mary B. Newman (R-Cambridge) pointed out that 15 of the last 20 sessions of the legislature had gone beyond June 30, and said the lawmakers would be "kidding the people of the commonwealth" if they set a deadline they could not meet...
...production, electric power output and other measures of economic heft. With greater political unity-now temporarily impeded by France's Charles de Gaulle-the Common Market countries could be a military power comparable to Russia, or even superior. In concert, the Common Market, the U.S. and the British Commonwealth confront Russia with overwhelming economic might...
...respect to "the great English people," De Gaulle firmly insisted that "union" of Europe, meaning apparently the Gaullist proposal for closer ties between governments, cannot wait for Britain. "One day, perhaps," England will be admitted to Europe-after it has "detached itself from its ties with the Commonwealth...