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Kingdom. For many, it has proved an unfortunate choice. In 1968, alarmed by growing racial tensions in Britain, Parliament amended the Commonwealth Immigrants Act in an effort to stem the rising flow of Asians into the United Kingdom. The amended act granted entry permits to only 8,500 Commonwealth immigrants a year and provided a special allotment for only 1,500 British Asians (plus dependents...
...jocks pour in a spray of nicknames after their respective 12 o'clock guts. The subject of conversation ranges the length and breadth of Commonwealth Avenue, with Newton College of the Sacred Heart thrown in for good measure...
...Needham Harper, whose accounts include Campbell Soup and Xerox, the new arrangement formalizes a three-year affiliation with S. H. Benson, which has offices in London and throughout the Commonwealth. Havas Conseil is an attractive partner, partly because its parent company, Agence Havas, is 56% owned by the French government. In France close ties to the top can be an asset for any newcomer attempting to traverse the bureaucratic maze. Through a subsidiary, the French agency also has exclusive contracts to operate in the Soviet Union, East Germany and Yugoslavia. That arrangement will give Needham Harper an entry into...
...Stadium could be used for high school teams, speakers etc. Harvard's lawyers could decide to challenge this public purpose in court, or argue that certain provisions of the state constitution exempt Harvard from eminent domain proceedings. Even if the University lost a court battle, by the time the Commonwealth was legally able to take possession of Harvard Stadium, the Seattle Patriots could be finished with their first season...
Hence, throughout the past decade, the legislature has found itself in a bind. On the one hand, most of the people of the Commonwealth don't really want a stadium, at least don't want to pay the price for one; on the other hand, a smaller but more vocal band of Patriots owners and fans periodically besieges the State House, demanding a stadium to keep the team in Boston. To anyone well enough versed in Massachusetts politics to get elected to the legislature in the first place, the solution is obvious: put the heat elsewhere, preferably on Harvard...