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91British Field Post Office postal orders — Most British Field Post Offices (or BFPO for short) issued postal orders. BFPOs are located in Commonwealth of Nations (including the former British Commonwealth) and other foreign countries.BFPOs in foreign countriesThese may be given articles… …
92Commonwealth Games — a sports contest for competitors from Commonwealth countries. It has taken place every four years since the first Games in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930. The event was called the British Empire Games until 1970. * * * Quadrennial sports competition… …
93Commonwealth Games (Goodies episode) — Infobox The Goodies episode name = Commonwealth Games number = 9 airdate = 8 October, 1971 (Friday mdash; 9.20 p.m.) director = producer = guests = Reginald Marsh as the Minister for Sport Valerie Stanton as the Miss Foster, the Minister s… …
94Commonwealth Day — noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria s birth • Syn: ↑Empire day, ↑May 24 • Hypernyms: ↑legal holiday, ↑national holiday, ↑public holiday • Part Holonyms: ↑May …
95Commonwealth Labour Party — Not to be confused with Common Wealth Party. The Commonwealth Labour Party (CWLP) was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), in order …
96Commonwealth — Like its close cognate Commonweal, the term commonwealth implies the idea of a common good. The word came into use in the seventeenth century to name states deriving their legitimacy from a claim to pursue that good, as against legitimacy… …
97Commonwealth of Nations — noun a loose political community including Great Britain and independent nations which were formerly British dominions or colonies, along with their dependencies; each recognises the British monarch as head of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth… …
98British Foreign Office — The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, vom St. James’s Park aus gesehen Das Foreign and Commonwealth Office, besser bekannt als Foreign Office oder FCO ist das Außenministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs. Der Minister des FCO trägt den… …
99commonwealth — n. 1 a an independent State or community, esp. a democratic republic. b such a community or organization of shared interests in a non political field (the commonwealth of learning). 2 (the Commonwealth) a (in full the British Commonwealth of… …
100British Colour Council — The British Colour Council (BCC) was an industry standards organisation, active from the 1930s to the 1950s, which produced indexes of named colours for use by government, industry, academia, and horticulture.1930sFounded in 1931 and chaired by… …
