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Word: resignations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although the post is to be a full time job, Emerson will not resign from the faculty. He will secure an indefinite leave of absence. Emerson is now in Washington to become acquainted with his new duties. Returning on Sunday, he will make arrangements to assume his post in the middle of June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Rupert Emerson Is Appointed to Dept. of Interior | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

...against the avenging tide of public opinion that was demanding a knockout blow against the Germans, the wrath of the righteous was aroused. According to the New York Times, "both the board of managers of the college and prominent alumni" repudiated his stand and he was asked to resign along with a grant of leave of absence for the rest of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

...coyly smiling. Said Mr. Cromwell (who hates to have his wife, Doris Duke, referred to as "the richest girl in the world"): "I stand with President Roosevelt in his ceaseless endeavor to find ... a better way of life for the great masses of our people." Next month he will resign his job as U. S. Minister to Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: Boss and Friend | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

Over the protests of undergraduates and Board of Managers,"Uncle Billy" Comfort, 65, announced last spring that he would resign his office at the close of the current college year. Last week his successor was named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Morley to Haverford | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

Last February 41-year-old Elisha Waterman, grandnephew of the founder, resigned his job as executive vice president of L. E. Waterman Co., famed makers of pens. Not only did he resign, but last week he sued to dissolve the company. Not only did he sue, but in effect he called his relatives and co-officials boobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Waterman on a Rampage | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

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