Word: resigation
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...protest against French nuclear testing on Mururoa Atoll. Under persistent pressure from the French press, Premier Fabius was eventually forced to admit that French intelligence agents had indeed been ordered to blow up the ship. The scandal tarred the government with suspicions of a cover-up and forced the resig- nation of Defense Minister Charles Hernu...
...that produced by the unsuccessful Carswell and Haynsworth nominations. With an almost palpable sense of relief, the Senate is set to begin the repair process this week by consenting - cheerfully - to the appointment of Federal Circuit Judge Harry Blackmun to the place vacated by Abe Fortas' forced resig nation twelve months...
...offices began to open. In Washington, Martin and Roosa each made pitches to half a dozen bankers overseas. It was, in fact, Roosa's swan song in Government after a distinguished four-year career; at week's end, in accordance with a previous plan, he submitted his resig nation to enter private banking...
Roman Catholics, the victims 300 years ago of Japan's great Christian martyrdom, were silent last week over the forced resig nation of the six. The Pope's Apostolic Delegate to Japan did not publicly protest...
...shouldered his way out of the Chamber, followed by his Cabinet and by so many Deputies that adjournment was expected and some Deputies went home. Instead debate was resumed in the gray dawn and at 6:03 a. m. (while M. Herriot & Cabinet were at the Elysee presenting their resig nations to President Albert Lebrun) the leaderless Chamber voted again, this time on a motion jointly submitted by its Finance and Foreign Affairs Committee...