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Since World War II, Toynbee observed, "this simple but effective British philosophy" helped turn the 19th century Empire into the 20th century Commonwealth, and powered a social revolution at home. "Achievements," he concluded, "are wasting assets, and nothing but unremitting hard work can ever renew them. In a world in which Americans, Russians, Chinese and Japanese, as well as Continental Europeans, are all working like beavers, can any nation afford to sit back and rest on its oars...
...committed Labor to the support of the Atlantic Alliance, weaned the party away from advocacy of further nationalization of industry. Reflecting the deep attachment to the Commonwealth that was a legacy of his childhood in Asia, he opposed Britain's entry into the Common Market-a stand that united the party under his leadership...
...Ferreé brothers' fondest hope is that their sons-there are four of them-will some day run the family businesses not from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but from the 51st state of the U.S. Statehood for Puerto Rico would more than double the corporate tax bill that the Ferrés pay under the Commonwealth, but they argue that it would attract many new industries and set off a new Puerto Rican boom by removing any danger that the island may some day be caught up in Caribbean turmoil. Says Luis Ferré: "If you can sell...
...fine of $50; when a man throws a billboard across a view, he is liable to be richly rewarded"-and at least a moratorium on capital punishment. Declared the determined Brown: "I intend to invite disagreement, not for its own sake, but for the health of our commonwealth. I am concerned not about personal prestige but about public progress...
...range is from Greece to China and modern Russia. Every two weeks, the kids hand in independent research reports. One work sheet asked seventh-graders to analyze the significance of Adam Smith. Robert Walpole, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, the Bill of Rights, the British Cabinet system, and the Commonwealth of Nations. Sixth-graders had to discuss Hernando Cortes, Pancho Villa...