Word: resignation
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COLIN POWELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, IS gently making it known that if President Clinton lifts the ban on gays and lesbians in the military, he just might resign. General Powell has strong moral and pragmatic objections to the idea, according to close friends. In comments that went unnoticed during a recent visit to the U.S. Naval Academy, Powell said that if "you find it completely unacceptable and it strikes to the heart of your moral beliefs, then I think you have to resign." He may not be alone. Meeting with Secretary of Defense Les Aspin last...
...summers' nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Harvard Provost Jerry R. Green said it "sounds like a case in which [Summers] would probably have to resign." He added that Summers could appeal to the Harvard Corporation for a special extension of his leave...
...addition, Harvard Management Corporationboard member Robert E. Rubin '60, head of the newNational Economic Council, may have to resign fromthe board which manages Harvard's endowment...
...Clinton raises Rubin's position to aCabinet-level office, as is likely, Rubin willprobably resign from the Harvard ManagementCompany...
HAVING INSISTED FOR MONTHS THAT THE WORD resign was not in his vocabulary, Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello surprised even his few remaining supporters last week when he announced, minutes after his impeachment trial began, that he was stepping down. By resigning, Collor hoped to safeguard his political future, but the Senate barred him from holding office for eight years. Collor called the trial a "summary execution" and the sentence, which he will appeal, a "farce." Citizen Collor still faces criminal charges of corruption that carry jail penalties...