Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington, leaving Martha at the Newporter Inn with Security Agent Steve King, who was there supposedly to guard her. Martha waited for King to fall asleep, then placed her famous phone call to U.P.I. Washington Reporter Helen Thomas. She got as far as threatening to leave Mitchell unless he quit the "dirty business" of politics. Then came the sounds of struggle, and the phone went dead. Martha later complained that she had been held down while being injected "in the bottom...
...chosen to be that party's candidate for the chancellorship, running a losing race against Willy Brandt in the November 1972 general elections. He was re-elected to a one-year term as parliamentary leader of the C.D.U.-C.S.U. last December. Last week Barzel suddenly quit as floor leader, and his days as party chairman appeared to be numbered. Said Barzel: "I cannot represent as chairman a majority decision on an important matter which was taken against my engaged conviction...
...days of "vacation." They were exhausted, he said, and needed a rest. Then he extended the enforced leave for another 30 days, announcing that the ministers' permanent secretaries would run things in their absence. Last week the eleven surviving ministers-five others had been fired, one quit in disgust, and another, Amin's brother-in-law, submitted his resignation by letter-filed into the presidential palace in Kampala for a 6 a.m. command breakfast. Those who showed up late, Big Daddy curtly announced, would be court-martialed...
...member Yellow Springs faculty is so demoralized, some professors say, that perhaps half would quit if teaching jobs were not so scarce. Among their complaints: the administration has been saving money by replacing full professors who retire with low-paid assistant professors; it is also considering abandoning the tenure system. Some professors believe the quality of the 2,300 students at the Yellow Springs campus has declined. The college once accepted only one out of four applicants. Now that applications have dropped, in part because of its troubled reputation, Antioch takes three out of four. It badly needs tuition, which...
...loss climaxed a season of ups and downs for the racquetmen. When number one man Harris Masterson quit the team before the season began, their prospects looked bleak. They then surprised everyone by reeling off seven straight victories, only to be brought back to ground by an overwhelming Columbia contingent which beat them, 6-3. This marks the second straight year that the netmen have gone through the rest of their schedule undefeated only to be edged by the Lions and Tigers...