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...suspected were way stations on the road to dismissal. Cole Taylor Bank denied any wrongdoing, insisting that all were welcome to stay on in the new sales positions. Said the bank's attorney Steve Levin: "The real quarrel is, they didn't like the new positions." Carbone did indeed quit, but she could get only one other banking job, and that ended after 10 months. For seven months she worked nights as a hotel receptionist, earning $6.50 an hour--not enough to keep her from declaring personal bankruptcy. A year ago, she wound up as a teller again. Salary...
Obviously, his instincts and principles tell Clinton not to quit, not to let the fanatical Ken Starr win. But principled resignation could be the one act of leadership that could save his own projects. Instead of draining energy from his party, his Vice President, his economic priorities, his country, he would reinvigorate them all. In this situation, further defenses further diminish him. With resignation, he would grow. He would be saying that the goals he fought for are more important than personal pride or prerogatives. He would change grudging approval and nagging doubts into open admiration. He would win back...
...CHANGING OF THE GUARDS On April 20, Trevor Rees-Jones quit his $37,000-a-year job with Mohammed al Fayed's security force, saying he had to "move forward" with his life. Fellow bodyguard Alexander ("Kes") Wingfield followed suit in June. Since then, the two bodyguards and their lawyers have adopted a more aggressive stance toward the Ritz-Fayed side, giving the impression that Rees-Jones, a civil plaintiff in the investigation, may be preparing a damage suit against al Fayed's hotel...
...bodyguard further claims that he protested against the single-car, rear-door getaway scheme but that Dodi had told him, "I just spoke to my father on the phone. He approved the plan." Wingfield also told the judge that he had quit because Mohammed al Fayed was pressing him to support his conspiracy theories. Al Fayed has turned angrily against the two men, whom he now blames for losing his son and Diana. "I am not on good terms with them," he told TIME. "I didn't want them to leave, because the investigation is still running and I need...
...over airbags that may have exploded too early. And fellow bodyguard Kes Wingfield is to take Mohammed Al-Fayed to an industrial tribunal next week, claiming he asked Wingfield to back up his views that Di and Dodi died at the hands of a conspiracy -- and forced him to quit when he wouldn...