Word: resignation
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...clean out his locker. By a vote of 18 to 9 (with one abstention), the owners declared that "the major league clubs do not have confidence" in Vincent's ability "to carry out the responsibilities of the office of the commissioner." They further resolved that he "be requested to resign effective immediately." Vincent said he would not resign, and the owners scheduled another meeting, this week in St. Louis, to plot their next move...
Vincent was "requested to resign" because, according to his contract, the commissioner cannot have his powers diluted, his salary cut or his position terminated. Every employee should have such job security. To be sure, Vincent -- who succeeded his friend, the late Bartlett Giamatti, as the sport's chief arbiter, lobbyist and cheerleader -- does work for the owners. They hired him; they pay his $650,000 a year. But under the Major League Agreement, he has the authority to act "in the best interests of baseball." Which, if you have a high opinion of the sport, the office and yourself...
...years earlier, President Fernando Collor de Mello vowed to fight to the end against impeachment and removal from office. But Collor too saw many of his strongest supporters -- including even the politician who served as best man at his 1984 wedding -- turn against him. Many advised him to resign before he is thrown out and thus spare the nation a prolonged governmental paralysis. Collor's hopes of hanging on nearly disappeared last week when a congressional commission concluded after a three- month investigation that he and members of his family had received $6.5 million from his former campaign fund raiser...
...shown no desire to retake the power it held for 21 years before 1985. But Brazil's democracy is still such a fragile structure that a long and painful impeachment process could do irreparable harm. More and more Brazilians are convinced that the best solution is for Collor to resign. But that, Collor has said several times, he will never...
Together, Bush and Baker became men's doubles champions, and from that seed grew one of the most successful partnerships in American politics. As Bush observed last week, when he announced that Baker would resign as Secretary of State to replace Sam Skinner as his chief of staff, "He's the sort of man you want on your team." Make that running your team. Baker will direct not only the White House but also the Bush campaign, and will continue to oversee foreign policy, wielding such broad influence that some officials call him "Deputy President...