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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (4326 bytes)
1: The '''Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)''' is the [[United Kingdom government depar...
3: ...eaded by the [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]].
5: ...inions Office having been split from the Colonial Office in [[1925]].
7: ...airs responsibilities were assigned to the [[Home Office]].
9: ... their heritage value the buildings were retained and extensively refurbished.

Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines (3734 bytes)
1: ...developing a system of national defense for the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] by [[1946]]. OMACG's recomme...
3: ...as well as retired [[United States Navy|US Navy]] officer [[Sidney L. Huff]].
5: ...e small regular and reserve armies, an air force, and a fleet of [[torpedo boat]]s (the [[Offshore Patr...
7: ==War Plans and Seacoast Defenses==
9: ...ong the seven straits which give access to the inland waters of the [[Philippines]].

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2057 bytes)
1: ...ry of State for Commonwealth Affairs|Commonwealth Office]]s into a single Department of State.
3: == Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ==
7: ...], [[1976]] - [[February 19]], [[1977]]) (Died in office)
9: *[[Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron Carrington|Lord Carring...
19: * [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]

Office of Foreign Assets Control (1115 bytes)
1: ...nternational mandates, are multilateral in scope, and involve close cooperation with allied governments...
5: *[http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/index.html Official web page]

Small office/home office (2107 bytes)
1: ...notch up the size scale, are often called [[Small and Medium-sized Enterprise]]s.
3: ...ly a few exceptions. Most businesses were small, and so was the paperwork that went with them.
5: ...ll businesses which have a tiny or medium sized [[office]].
7: ...setting up such things as a small [[PBX]] for the office [[telephone]]s.
9: ...all and medium sized towns operate from such home offices.

Commonwealth (7505 bytes)
1: :''Alternative meaning: the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]''
3: ...lly from the [[15th century | fifteenth century]] and in different contexts indicates one of:
9: ...s the ideal of a society based on [[cooperative]] and [[socialist]] principles.
11: ...it that replaced the kingdoms of Scotland and England under the rule of [[Oliver Cromwell]]. It formed ...
13: ...FeatureID=99] [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYCommonwealth.htm]

Commonwealth Day (1372 bytes)
1: ... [[London]]. The Queen delivers an address to the Commonwealth which is broadcast throughout the world on the [[...
3: ...t a public holiday in most Commonwealth countries and there is very little public awareness of it.
6: ...[[1958]] Empire Day was renamed Commonwealth Day, and from [[1977]] it has been celebrated on the secon...
9: ...though Commonwealth Day is not widely known, many Commonwealth countries do have at least one public holiday tha...
11: In [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] and some other countries, there is a [[Queen's Birthd...

Commonwealth bogie (812 bytes)
1: ...from the USA where this type of bogie originated. Commonwealth is part of the full nomenclature for some US stat...
3: ... the [[suspension]] between the coach [[chassis]] and bogie.

Commonwealth Stadium (278 bytes)
1: '''Commonwealth Stadium''' is the name of two [[stadium|stadiums]...
3: * [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]] - [[Edmonton, Alberta]]
4: * [[Commonwealth Stadium (Kentucky)|Commonwealth Stadium]] - [[University of Kentucky]], [[Lexingt...

Commonwealth Glacier (624 bytes)
1: ...ralia]], which made a financial grant to the BrAE and contributed two members to the Western Geological...
6: [[de:Commonwealthgletscher]]

Commonwealth Bay (640 bytes)
1: ... at the head of the bay. Named by AAE after the [[Commonwealth]] of [[Australia]].
2: ...ed in both the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] and the Eighth Edition [[National Geographic]] [[Atla...

Flag of the Commonwealth (947 bytes)
1: [[Image:Commonwealth-Flag.png|Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations|right|267px]]
3: ... the Commonwealth of Nations''' consists of the [[Commonwealth]] symbol in gold on a blue background.
5: ...nts produced for the first time at the [[Ottawa]] Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in [[1973]].
7: ...ealth events/visits are taking place (for example Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings).
9: ...he spears that surround the globe form a "C" for "Commonwealth", but their number has no special significance.

Commonwealth Jack (783 bytes)
1: ...ealth Jack contained no representation for [[Scotland]] or [[Wales]].
3: ... and of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland.
5: [[Category:History of England]]

Icelandic Commonwealth (2723 bytes)
1: ...en [[930]] (the establishment of the [[Althing]]) and [[1262]] (the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian k...
3: ... This is the basis of the disputed claim that the Commonwealth was a democracy. If a person wanted to appeal a d...
5: ...If this is an accurate characterization, then Icelandic history includes the closest approach yet made ...
7: ...ge Norway's [[Haakon IV]] as king. This ended the commonwealth.
10: *[[Past and present anarchist communities]]

Commonwealth Realm (16309 bytes)
1: ... each state she acts as the monarch of that state and is titled accordingly. For example, in Australia ...
5: ...overnor]] in each of the [[states of Australia]] and by a [[Lieutenant Governor]] in each of the [[pro...
7: ...nal trusteeship]] before independence in [[1975]] and the [[United Kingdom]] itself.
9: ==Countries currently Commonwealth Realms==
11: ... part of, but should be distinguished from, the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] which is an organization of mostly f...

Commonwealth of England (11032 bytes)
1: ...overnment is properly called [[The Protectorate]] and took the form of direct personal rule by [[Oliver...
4: ... all these groups had their own hopes for the new Commonwealth.
7: ...[[Levellers]] drew their main support from London and the Army. In the [[Agreement of the People]], 164...
8: **a more representative and accountable parliament, to meet every two years;
9: **a reform of law so it would be available to, and fair to all;

Commonwealth Star (527 bytes)
1: ...r represent the original six states of Australia, and one point represents the territories of Australia...
3: ...Flag of Australia]] of [[1903]] had a six-pointed Commonwealth Star. It was changed to seven points in [[1908]] ...

The Commonwealth v Tasmania (8594 bytes)
1: ...ment of Australia|Australian federal government]] and [[environmentalist]] groups.
10: ...enabled them to prohibit clearing, [[excavation]] and other activities within the [[Tasmanian Wildernes...
12: ...l government to make such regulations. In [[May]] and [[June]] of [[1983]], both governments put their ...
15: ...the Australian Constitution|section 51]] of the [[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900|Australian con...
18: ...n Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage]] [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?...

Commonwealth School (9536 bytes)
1: '''Commonwealth School''' is a small [[independent school|indepen...
4: Commonwealth was founded in [[1957]] by [[Charles Merrill]].
6: ...d to remove the nipple from a [[Bas relief]] logo and is no longer allowed to fly its flag outside.
8: ...ect matter rather than rote memorization of facts and figures. <!-- sounds a bit ad-agency like -->
10: ... to be very well prepared for them. In [[2004]], Commonwealth school was recognized by the [[College Board]]'s ...

Commonwealth Bank (5919 bytes)
8: [[image:CBA_Logo.gif|center|Commonwealth Bank logo]]
10: |Official name: '''Commonwealth Bank of Australia'''
28: The '''Commonwealth Bank''' is the second largest [[bank]] in [[Austr...
32: === Foundation and Early History ([[1911]]-[[1941]]) ===
33: ...e for the time, the bank was to have both savings and general bank business. The bank was also the firs...

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