Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...notified Sisulu's wife Albertina that he was to be released, De Klerk found time to telephone British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to tell her he was freeing a group of aging black leaders as she had urged him to do. Thatcher took that news with her to the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur last week, where she opposed all proposals for additional sanctions. This malleability was something new for Pretoria, however. "The classic Afrikaner response is never to be seen to be giving in to foreign pressure," says a Western diplomat. "De Klerk is showing much greater sensitivity...
...three amendments tacked on to this year's bill by the Senate grant religious exemptions, ban gay marriages and state that the Commonwealth does not endorse homosexuality...
...also allows the state to "revoke the right to operate a vehicle on the roads of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" for anyone convicted who does not reside in Massachusetts, said Kathi Connely, who works for the Registry. Officials plan to notify the states of convicted offenders who are not from Massachusetts, Connely added...
Even among Black activists in the city, opinions differ as to what really happened to the Commonwealth Day School...
...Commonwealth Day, whose enrollment in its new Boston location has dwindled to eight students, the political chain of events touched off by their departure is irrelevant: The school has left the city, and Myette says he is unsure whether it will even consider trying to return...