Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...governor from succeeding himself, so why not have a constitutional convention and extend all officeholders' terms for two years? The citizens seemed to object to that, so Earl thought of another arrangement: he would run for lieutenant governor with a dummy candidate for governor; then the dummy would resign after a couple of days in office, and Earl would step back in. But he couldn't put that over, either, so he settled for a more commonplace plan. He picked the man he wanted for governor, and threw the Long machine into high gear behind him. His candidate...
...given bad advice to the King, or, what would be even worse ... has given the right advice, but has been unable to persuade the King to follow it." The government was defeated, 91 to 84, but, since it had not been defeated on a vote of confidence, refused to resign. The opposition thereupon walked out of Parliament, refused to return until after King George's funeral...
...Thanks. Foreign Minister Subarjo offered to resign, declaring that Indonesia is too young to understand the established traditions of diplomacy. As for himself, he said, "I was not born yesterday." That night he confidently gave a huge party for President and Madame Sukarno and 300 diplomatic guests, featuring a four-hour Javanese dance. His confidence was a little misplaced. This week Indonesia's ten-month-old cabinet seemed to be riding for a shakeup, if not a fall. Everybody agreed that $8,000,000 from America would be nice, but no one was ready to curtsy a thank...
...Order. After fighting Batista from exile, Hevia agreed to be his wartime price-control chief, only to resign after a year because of "interference." When President Prío took over in 1948, Hevia became Minister of State and Minister of Agriculture, then president of the National Development Commission, charged with carrying out a $50 million public-works program. He is an able administrator and organizer and a hard worker. He is a good friend of the U.S. Criticized as a conservative ("If law & order is conservative, then I am for conservatism"), Hevia's main worry before June...
Bunche, who is the principal director of the Trusteeship Department of the United Nations, has not taught since his appointment in 1950. He is the first full professor to resign since Milton Katz left the post of Professor of Law in 1949 for work in the Ford Foundation...