Word: commonwealthers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Career Opportunity: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts informs us via press release, that the state internship office still has 400 (count 'em, 400) volunteer positions currently on file. "There is still time for anyone seeking an internship for the fall," assures Peggy Tierney, education specialist for the internship office, in the October 9 press release...
...Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (COBTH), which is sponsoring the program, has received a grant from the private Commonwealth Foundation to draw up a formal implementation plan...
Last week Britain issued a stern warning that it would not tolerate aggression against Belize, which is now a member of the 45-nation Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth as its titular head of state. Britain-and perhaps Canada as well-was prepared to intervene militarily if Belize was attacked. In the mean time, since Belize has only a 700-man defense force, Britain will leave 1,600 troops in the country "for an appropriate period," which will be at least long enough to train additional local troops...
...Supreme Court," says James Bryce in The American Commonwealth, "feels the touch of public opinion." That is for sure, and there is a further truth: public opinion, or incensed parts of it, sometimes tries to reach the federal judiciary with a bit more than a touch-with a brisk left hook, say, or a fast right cross. One of those times is at hand: congressional leaders of the New Right are avidly mounting a serious assault on the power, authority and prestige of the federal courts...
Michael Joseph Connolly Secretary of State Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston