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6-million advance--unheard of for a debut novel); landmark sales (600,000 copies in hardcover); multiple translations (23 languages); much feting and fanfare (global book tours, interviews, pride of place in "India" specials in Granta and The New Yorker ); and finally, the announcement, last Tuesday, that Roy had won the , which is awarded annually to a writer from Britain or the Commonwealth and brings with it a cash prize of more than $30,000.
As a commonwealth , Puerto Rico is subject to all federal laws, and the U.S. Congress reserves the right to repeal any locally enacted legislation.
With the passage of the Single Audit Act in 1984, the Commonwealth of Virginia had to produce and have audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) for the first time.
The 1500s were a time of prosperity, power, and cultural and scientific achievement for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
When the issue of a Puerto Rican statehood referendum was debated in Congress a couple of years ago, someone wrote to the Washington Post warning that statehood for Puerto Rico would mean creating "our very own Quebec" unless the Commonwealth adopted an official English policy.