Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...government's first parliamentary defeat since he took office in 1948. Later, the bill as a whole passed narrowly. The ballots were secret, but it was obvious that many Christian Democrats had voted against the government. De Gasperi offered to resign, but worried ministers urged him to stay. At week's end he announced: "I will remain in my post...
...Tories were in full cry, nipping the government's heels, baying for blood. On defense, on the appointment of an American as NATO's sea commander, on the allocation of tinplate, on Gambian chickens, the Tories swept to the attack. "Resign!" they yelled in the House of Commons when, for the second time in two weeks, the government was defeated on a minor issue: a Tory motion blaming the government for inadequate stockpiling of raw materials. The Socialists sat silent and embarrassed...
That Oxford Blank-Blank. Truman's dislike for Rhodes Scholar Fulbright was a long-standing one, dating from Fulbright's suggestion after the Republican victory in 1946 that Harry Truman should appoint a Republican Secretary of State and resign in his favor, following the English parliamentary pattern. In his private conversation, Truman has since referred to Fulbright as "that overeducated, Oxford blank-blank...
...Sixty-two (of the 85) got up from their chairs, stalked off the stage and went to their dressing room. There, two passed out cold from the excitement. Said the concertmaster: "It was psychologically and physically impossible to do my work." When a vice president demanded they return or resign, not one of the 62 musicians moved...
Although Director of Athletics William J. Bingham '16 had told several people that he intended to resign as soon as the pressure was off, his Thursday announcement of retirement was not made voluntarily, the CRIMSON learned yesterday...