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Word: commonwealth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever prompted the debate, it is clear that Commonwealth Day has become intertwined with the other dominant issue in this fall's council race...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...have picketed City Council meetings for several weeks with signs urging support for Proposition 1-2-3--a ballot referendum to allow some tenants in rentcontrolled housing to purchase their apartments--and opposition to the CCA, this week had a new sign. "Hypocrisy doesn't end with the Commonwealth Day School," it read...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Walsh maintains that he did not profit from the school's property transactions. And as evidence of his ongoing concern for Commonwealth Day, he cites a council order he sponsored last year welcoming the school to the city...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Harvard-bashing and Brattle St.-bashing have long been staples of Cambridge politics, and several have argued that Commonwealth Day fits neatly into the pattern...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...because politics have tended to take precedence, it is difficult to determine what actually forced Commonwealth Day to leave...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

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