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...Park Service officials quickly discovered, the status quo is alive and well in Massachusetts. State Superior Court Chief Justice Walter H. McLaughlin called the service's proposal "a smear upon the administration of justice in this Commonwealth." Norfolk County Commissioner James J. Collins cringed at the thought of comparing landmarks like Mount Vernon and Bunker Hill with the Sacco and Vanzetti courthouse, and argued that in their case "justice had been served as well as it could have been with a jury trial." The proposal has yet to be rejected outright, but the odds are that Sacco and Vanzetti...
Following the spread of Islam throughout Southeast Asia, Moslems dominated the southern Philippines for five centuries. They successfully defended their culture against the Spaniards who conquered the rest of the Philippines and against the Americans who replaced them. A Moslem decline began in 1938, when Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon proclaimed Mindanao the "land of opportunity," and Christian Filipinos from the crowded north started moving in. Better educated, the Christians gained control of Moslem land and of the region's economy. They also practiced religious discrimination in employment and education. Though the Moslems number more than 2,000,000, they...
When Harvard demolished the Indian College to build Stoughton College in 1695, the Commissioners of the Commonwealth stipulated "in case any Indians should hereafter by sent to ye Colledge, they should enjoy their Studies rent free in said building [Stoughton...
...British Union Jack, was replaced by the red and white maple leaf flag; he heard the familiar strains of God Save the Queen fade out when O Canada became the national anthem. Now based in Australia, Ogle is again witness to a growing spirit of nationalism in another Commonwealth nation. The new mood Down Under has been fostered largely by Gough Whitlam, Australia's first Labor Party Prime Minister in 23 years and-as Ogle discovered -a hard man to interview. After doggedly trailing the Prime Minister, who could not find a break in his busy schedule, Ogle finally...
Gough Whitlam was born July 11, 1916 in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. His father, Harry Frederick Ernest Whitlam, was a lawyer who eventually attained the high civil service post of Commonwealth Crown Solicitor and also became Australian representative on the U.N. Human Rights Commission. As a boy, Gough liked to sit at dinner with the family encyclopedia at his back, handy for reference in arguments. Gough left one school after a teacher complained of his impudence, a charge that was to be echoed throughout his life. In Canberra Grammar, he was classed as industrious but not brilliant, good...