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Commonwealth Club of California - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Public, Ally, Archduchy, Aristocracy, Ashram, Autarchy, Autocracy, Autonomy, Body, Caste, Citizenry, Clan, Class, Colonialism, Colony |
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The Commonwealth Club of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. It is one of the oldest and largest public affairs forums in the United States.
Its 16,000 members host over 40 events each year on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
History
The Commonwealth Club was founded in 1903.
The "Club" has hosted numerous famous speakers including Teddy Roosevelt (in 1911), Norman Mailer, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Erin Brockovich (in 2001),
The Club has offices in San Francisco and San Jose.
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Example Usage of Commonwealth |
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FireboltX: Insanity! Arrgh! Why isn't anyone doing anything?? USA, Commonwealth, UN - threaten to cut aid and mean it. http://bit.ly/5k1Ouh |
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floydwise: Commonwealth Secretariat - Trinidad – and 20 other CHOGMS: News: News Archive: Trinidad – and 20 other CHOGMS. ... http://bit.ly/59mrzB |
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tomboates: I'm at Shaw's Allston (1065 Commonwealth Ave, Boston). http://4sq.com/1v9l3G |
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