Word: commonwealths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...condition of those lands beyond the seas whose people have attained autonomous self-government, and the colonies which are still lands under dominion." He promised to see what could be done, but reminded the House of Commons that for any change the consent of other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations would be needed...
...back nine is reasonably long and has some well-wooded and very narrow fairways. Natives call Riverside the best public links in the Commonwealth...
Most Canadians still have no idea what the Pan American Union is. The others ask: What has it ever done? A majority of the Dominion's people still look to London and are likely to oppose any entangling alliance which may weaken the bond with the British Commonwealth. French Canadians want no part of Latin America's troubles. Orderly Canadians regard Latin Americans as Latin folk given to turmoil and revolution...
...They do care, and they simply don't believe it when they read that they are losing the Empire. They don't mean the technical empire of India, Burma, the Colonies. By "empire" they mean South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada-the Commonwealth. That is the "empire" that matters to them, and a good many of them see Britain's future in it. Some of them even think they can somehow transfer much of their home island's population, energy and talents to the Dominions without diminishing the great collective entity which they think...
...major part of the address was devoted to an account of the 1946 campaign in the Commonwealth. Fisher also noted the opportunities for would-be reformers in the City of Boston...