Word: dominione
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...enshrine the legend, the Queen gave the gown (one of her favorites) to the Dominion as a gift. In December 1940 it was elegantly displayed on a dummy in Ottawa's Public Archives. Ever since, tourists have gawked at its opulence...
...full share of the Empire load in World War I, Canada had progressed far enough toward self-rule to join the League of Nations and to sign the Versailles Treaty as a separate nation. The Statute of Westminster (1931) was another step: it denned Canada as a self-governing Dominion. World War II, in which Canada made its own declarations of war, all but concluded separation from Britain...
...discussing Senator Millard Tydings' bill which proposes to let the islanders decide whether they are to have a continuation of the present form of government, statehood, independence or dominion status, Podin emphasized that the situation is essentially the same as the Philippine problem...
Officials did not have far to look for the reasons behind the increased emigration: 1) relaxation of the wartime Canadian law requiring a labor permit to leave the country; 2) easing of exchange restrictions on taking money out of Canada; 3) increased urban unemployment in the Dominion; 4) continuation of rigid Dominion wage controls, and higher prevailing pay scales south of the border...
...Canada this posed a major problem. The Dominion had lost one-sixth of her population to the U.S. before 1930. Stringent immigration and wartime controls had helped dry up that stream. Now the stream was rising again...