Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have no other common policy, nor common interest, except their discontent with Venizelos. As many as sixteen leaders signed the manifesto denouncing the conduct of the Liberal party of Venizelos. During the campaign and after their victory disagreement has risen among them more than once. Two cabinets had to resign, unable to cope with the situation. The present one, under D. Gunaris, is a mosaic of forces whose tendency is towards discerption rather than stability. It is a question of how long this artificial alliance can last. After all this internal cause is by far a worse enemy...
...charge made in his letter of resignation on April 25 by President Hodgdon of Valparaiso University that that institution was a "hotbed of Bolshevism, Communism and other cults" has been denied by the trustees of Valparaiso University in a letter sent out on May 10. According to the trustees, the truth is that Dr. Hodgdon had always proved himself completely out of sympathy with the traditions and principles of Valparaiso University; and by April 1 conditions had grown so involved that students refused to accept diplomas signed by Dr. Hodgdon as president, and the faculty threatened to resign...
...with the owners and backers of baseball clubs, many of whom have outside interests as well. It has long been a tradition of Anglo-Saxon law that no influence in the community should exercise any claim upon a judge. Therefore it would seem wise to require Mr. Landis to resign either his Federal or his baseball status...
...which includes practically all the schools in India. They turned their attention especially to two of the largest Indian centers of education, the Mohammedan college of Aligarh and the Hindu University at Benares. A good many men were actually persuaded to leave the former and a smaller number to resign the latter, and to attend an institution set up by the Extremists called the National University. But the results of the boycott went no further, and they failed in their second attempt...
...term of enlstment is three years, but for good reason a man can resign whenever he wishes. The duties of a member consist of attending drill every Thursday evening during the winter, and going to a summer camp, probably on Cape Cod, for two weeks during the summer. In addition a member must serve with the battery in time of emergency, but this is extremely rare, for artillery can only be used in extraordinary cases, such as the Mexican trouble...