Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more relaxed, subdued and conciliatory than he has in a long time. For the most part, he fielded reporters' questions in an assured and forthright manner. He gave not the slightest hint that he either feared that any such fatal revelation might be imminent or that he would ever quit under any circumstances. Even if his continuance in office
...party to succeed, but more important, I want the presidency to survive." And, Nixon added, "I do not expect to be impeached." Later in the week he told a gathering of cheering young Republicans, "You learn from your defeats, and then you go on to fight again?never quit, never quit...
Kalmbach remained the President's lawyer until his pleas of guilty last week. Only then did he resign from the firm that had soared so high so fast since the election of 1968. He also quit as chairman and a director of the Bank of Newport, which he founded two years ago. Kalmbach now faces the likelihood that he will be disbarred, but even if he never practiced again, he would likely remain a wealthy man: he has sizable real estate holdings-mainly apartment houses and office buildings-in California and Hawaii...
Military Power. Panicked by the revolt, Aklilu Hapte Wold, who had been Prime Minister since 1961, quit, as did his entire Cabinet. When the Emperor did not immediately accept Aklilu's resignation, dissident soldiers in full battle gear moved into the capital's streets. In a show of strength, they took control of Addis Ababa's banks, its airport and key buildings. At that point, Haile Selassie capitulated. Appearing once more on radio and TV, he granted the armed forces virtually the entire pay raise they had demanded, pledged no reprisals and designated a popular career diplomat...
...after the kidnaping, a earful of news photographers forced the limousine taking 3-year-old Jon home from school to the curb, then flashed bulbs into his terrified face. It was only a month after Anne had taken an apartment in New York. But Lindbergh abruptly decided they must quit America for England. As the family set sail, Anne wrote in the diary: "All my life seems to be trying to 'get settled' and C. shaking me out of it. But you like...