Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course the President is said to have determined upon is to resign his office before tomorrow noon. At the moment he resigns, Secretary of State Hughes automatically will become acting President . . . will be required by the Succession Act to call Congress into extraordinary session...
...attack on Mecca, which was instrumental in forcing King Husein of Hejaz to resign (TIME, October 13), came to an end without a shot being fired. The warlike Wahabis, subject of the Emir of Nejd and Hasa, rode into the city, made straight for the great Mosque containing relics of Mohammed, rode seven times around it, dismounted, fell upon their knees and bowed their heads to the ground in religious homage at the shrine of Islam...
Royal Power. When a ministry is defeated, the Prime Minister* must either resign With his Cabinet or request the King to dissolve Parliament. In the first case, he and his ministers deliver up the seals of office-emblems of their authority without which they cannot transact the business of the King's Government. It is usual for the outgoing Premier to advise His Majesty on the choice of a successor...
...Belfast, Sir James Craig, Premier of Northern Ireland, sounded an ominous note when he declared, in a speech, that, if the decision of the Boundary Commission were unacceptable to the Ulster Parliament and no other honorable solution could be found, he would resign, place himself at the head of the people as their chosen leader to defend any territory which the Boundary Commission might wish to filch from them...
...Student Council appointed G. W. Burgess '25, cheer leader to replace Clark Hodder '25. Hodder will be unable to be present at all the football games, because of his position on the golf team and therefore he was forced to resign...