Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Haynes said a number of events lead up to her decision to resign, but one of the immediate causes was a controversy at last week's executive board meeting...
Haynes said this and other incidents made her dread council and committee meetings, leading her to resign...
...against secession and 49.4% for it in a special plebiscite. The razor-thin margin consisted of just 52,448 votes out of almost 5 million cast; the 93.4% turnout was a record. One day later, Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau, leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, announced that he would resign before year's end. But charismatic Quebec politician Lucien Bouchard insisted that the cause of secession is not dead: "The next time will be the right one. And the next time may come sooner than people think...
...Washington to send troops "is a terrible idea," said Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Adviser--but reneging on that pledge "could immediately destroy NATO." (As if to underscore NATO's need for leadership, the alliance was left rudderless last week when corruption charges forced Secretary-General Willy Claes to resign...
...addition, one local newspaper reported at the time that Tien had threatened to resign if the Incentives were not instituted...