Commonwealth Games identities - a look back - The Drum

Commonwealth Games identities - a look back
The Drum
From 1930, until 1950, The Games were known as The British Empire Games. In 1934, London was once again the host city before Sidney, Australia took on the ...

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Nonfiction Book Reviews: 3/15/2010 - Publishers Weekly

Nonfiction Book Reviews: 3/15/2010
Publishers Weekly
Fed up with the British Empire's incessant demands for ever greater loyalty, obedience, and taxes—and, Breen emphasizes, motivated by their evangelical ...

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Reflections on Boys' Champs (1932-1954) Part 2 - Jamaica Gleaner


Jamaica Gleaner
Reflections on Boys' Champs (1932-1954) Part 2
Jamaica Gleaner
... first gold medal at the CAC Games in Panama; and a decade later he was the toast of the British Empire when he mined Jamaica's first Olympic gold medal. ...

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It's time to sing 'Heal the Boer' - Times LIVE


Times LIVE
It's time to sing 'Heal the Boer'
Times LIVE
... deputations and petitions to the British Crown - the songs were no more than prayers to the Empire for limited political rights. But, by the early 1950s ...

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Nothing Common about this Wealth - HardNews Magazine


HardNews Magazine
Nothing Common about this Wealth
HardNews Magazine
The Commonwealth is a 'friendly' association of those 72 colonies which were once part of the British Empire and rose to free nationhood - some through ...

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10 worst cars chosen by our readers - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail
10 worst cars chosen by our readers
Globe and Mail
Next to Winston Churchill in a Speedo swimsuit, there could be few sadder indications of the British Empire's decline than the MGB Mark IV, the last, ...

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Martin Scorsese interview for Shutter Island - Telegraph.co.uk

Martin Scorsese interview for Shutter Island
Telegraph.co.uk
Set in the 1950s, it tells the story of a federal marshal, Teddy Daniels, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who along with his partner (Mark Ruffalo) is sent to ...

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End of empire: the brutal and bloody last days of British colonial power in Yemen - Times Online


Times Online
End of empire: the brutal and bloody last days of British colonial power in Yemen
Times Online
It was often a game of cat and mouse: the rebels threw grenades at British Land Rovers; the British responded by throwing nets over their vehicles; ...

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More on Nam - The Guardian

More on Nam
The Guardian
It wasn't until 1950 that Ho allied with Stalin -- after all those unanswered letters. So I say, if the US had supported Ho's government in the very early ...

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