Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colonel seized power ! once more. But early last week he had second thoughts yet again. The colonel released Bavadra from prison and began talks aimed at restoring civilian government. Rabuka was responding in part to an appeal from Queen Elizabeth II that the former British colony not quit the Commonwealth...
...Michael S. Dukakis's proposed plan to guarantee affordable health care to every citizen in the commonwealth has met with strong opposition from hospital lobbies throughout the state who fear the plan's financial cap will devastate the quality of hospital care...
...runaway best seller. The writing is pedestrian, and many of Wright's revelations about the inner workings of MI5, although sensational, have been made elsewhere. But a 23-month campaign by Margaret Thatcher's government to ban the book and any reports about its contents in Britain and the Commonwealth has turned the book into an international publishing phenomenon. It has also sparked a showdown between a defiant Fleet Street and a stubborn Prime Minister over Britain's press and secrecy laws...
Future plans will ease the crowding, although deprive students of the room and maid-service. Carleton said the school plans eventually to convert B.U.'s recent acquisition, the Commonwealth Armory, into recreational facilities, below-grade parking and dormitories that would add some 1600 to 1700 bedspaces. More Beds...
...major constraints placed on the Young Committee promises to be the necessity of obtaining the approval of the state legislature for any major policy decisions. Because the overseers were established by the Commonwealth in 1642, large modifications such as extension of the franchise to more alumni, require approval by the Massachusetts Senate and House...