Word: resign
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...scandal is the country's biggest since the Lockheed bribery fiasco that forced President Giovanni Leone to resign two years ago. It has already brought almost 100 arrests, and has cast suspicion on the martyred figure of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Reason: his right-hand man, Sereno Freato, 52, has been questioned about accumulating $17 million worth of investment properties during four years when he declared only $7,500 in annual taxable income. In addition, the scandal has also given the Communists and other opposition groups ammunition against the five-week-old government of Christian Democratic Prime Minister...
...union's executive board reacted vehemently--how could HUERA expect to win a case with the NLRB if the union's president supported Harvard's position? The governing board demanded his resignation, and Crockett says he told the governing board, "I'll resign if you want me to." He never signed a paper declaring he had resigned, but later changed his mind. HUERA filed suit in an effort to get an injunction barring him from conducting union business. Crockett defended himself, and the suit was thrown out of court...
...union's last election held in February of 1979, recalls a conversation he had with Crockett this spring. "We were talking about the University, and Charlie said to me, 'Harvard is too tough--you can't fight 'em, you've gotta join 'em.' I said, 'Why don't you resign then?' He said, 'You just don't understand...
Kosygin also asked to resign from the Politburo; that request will probably be taken up at the next party congress in February. The retiring Premier is believed to have suffered two heart attacks in the past four years, and has long been afflicted by painful circulatory ailments. Kosygin's absences from public view have become more frequent and prolonged. "He has been trying to resign for some time," a family friend explained last week. "He just wanted to rest and fish...
After the announcement that Hackney had been selected, Gregorian announced he would resign October 24, ending an eight-year association with the school...