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...JUAN TO send a message that needed no translation: they wanted to keep a 1991 law that made Espanol -- and Espanol only -- Puerto Rico's official language. But the next day, the Puerto Rican legislature passed a bill making both Spanish and English official languages in the U.S. commonwealth. Later, Governor Pedro Rossello signed the measure, saying, "Now we have two hymns, two flags, two languages...
Narcissus. 533 Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore Square...
...enough. "We're pretending to reform, and you're pretending to help us," goes the Moscow saying. But both the reform and the aid are real, if short of ideal. Together, Europe, Japan, Canada and the U.S. have given or loaned $81 billion to the 10 members of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 1990. More than two-thirds comes from Bonn, eager to finance the departure of Soviet soldiers. The U.S. share of $9.2 billion includes $5.5 billion in loans for Russian purchases from American farms...
...Middlesex Superior Court judge is currently deliberating on a motion to dismiss the charges against the defendants in the Commonwealth Day School case, one of the most controversial legal battles in the city...
Healy is the only city manager in the Commonwealth who cannot be immediately fired by the council, according to Walsh...