Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...current academic dean of the Kennedy School, is a staple in almost any class about poverty and social programs. This book soundly refutes the claims of many conservative ideologues who seek to scapegoat the poor and blame welfare for a national decline in morality. Her decision to resign along with Peter B. Edelman, another assistant secretary who is leaving HHS over concerns about the welfare bill, indicates that her ideals are no longer valued in the Clinton administration. In fact, Bane's resignation shows that harsh and ill-conceived but politically popular right-wing social policies are more favored...
...Gennifer Flowers' alleged affair with Bill Clinton, throwing a major scare into his campaign just before the New Hampshire primary. And last week it was the Star's sensational account of Dick Morris' alleged trysts with a call girl that prompted the President's top political strategist to resign...
...Releasing it to other papers before its actual publication, Bunton insists, was simply an effort to protect the Star's scoop after Morris had been alerted to the story. Said Bunton: "The White House spin doctors might well try and do some damage control, and Dick Morris might resign quietly for personal reasons before we came out. We had five days before we were going on sale. So we got a bit nervous...
TIME: Then why did you resign...
After I got back to the hotel that night, Dick told me he thought he would resign. I was surprised, but I thought he was right...