Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Thoreau continues to press influential Emerson to crusade against the war, Emerson finally turns to Thoreau and says, "And what are you doing about it young man? You pull the woods up over your head. You resign from the human race...
Last week, Keenan announced that he will not resign the RSKU post if the Board of Overseers confirms him as the new GSAS dean. "I don't think the position at RSKU will conflict with my work as graduate school dean. If it does, I'll drop the Iranian post," Keenan said, somewhat short-sightedly. What Keenan fails to realize is that his involvement with the Shah's regime runs in opposition to the spirit of free inquiry on which this University--unlike its Iranian counterpart--was founded...
...message. Premier Yitzhak Rabin, 55, had waited for game's end to take to the air waves and declare another stunning upset-his own. Rabin announced to the country that he would not lead his ruling Labor Party in the May 17 elections -and that he wanted to resign immediately. His reason: he and his wife Leah had held two U.S. bank accounts in violation of Israeli law, and their value was far higher than the couple had earlier admitted...
...power. Said the English-language Jerusalem Post: "He has done a service to the nation by his act. It will help clarify the standards of rectitude that the nation expects from its public officials." Rabin, however, left his government in a constitutional and political mess. Technically, he could not resign; that is against Israeli law. When he called for elections last December, Rabin became head of a caretaker government; now he cannot abdicate that responsibility. Explained an Israeli legal expert: "Even if the government allowed Rabin to take a 'vacation'-which would be unprecedented-he would still carry...
...third largest (after Unilever and Nestlé) food processor. Extending his empire, he then purchased Grand Union, the U.S. supermarket chain. Two years ago, he became chairman of Slater, Walker Securities Ltd. when his friend Jim Slater, because of some freewheeling deals in the Far East, was forced to resign-driving one of the hottest investment companies of the 1960s to near collapse...