Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the coalition would have ever been formed. The five simply did not anticipate the preparednss or the persistence of the manager and his supporters. Nor, it seems, did the rival candidate, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, who, before the whole thing became public, called Curry and asked him to resign with dignity. This was, to DeGuglielmo's way of thinking, the honorable way, as opposed to the more effective but nastier technique of confronting Curry with five votes in a public session. No doubt DeGuglielmo expected that Curry would comply and step out quietly. But the manager's concept...
Coffin suggested that the ROTC student who opposed the war could resign his commission--if he didn't mind landing in jail. A more practical possibility for conscience-clearing, he added, might be to "take the $40 a month which is your ROTC pay, and give it to a good peace cause...
...worked in reverse. DeGuglielmo sought out the five councillors; Curry was not approachd and informed of the five's dissatisfaction. After working tirelessly (no one disagrees on that) since 1952, he was bluntly told that his services were no longer needed and that if he didn't want to resign politely, there were five votes to push him out. Curry felt rightly that he deserved better treatment and, with the backing of four-time mayor Edward A. Crane '35 who had worked closely with the manager, he decided to fight...
...searching indictment of the 3,000-man force was returned last month by the International Association of Chiefs of Police after an eight-month, $52,000 study for the state of Maryland. It prompted the police commissioner and his chief inspector to resign and, more important, jolted complacent Baltimoreans into a thorough reappraisal of law enforcement in their city...
...Sukarno, the Great Leader of the Revolution, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces," said the Great Leader of the Revolution to a crowd in Djakarta last week. "I am sick of the secret campaign against me. If you do not like me, I will resign, but do not do it in a secret manner. Who is against me? Say so now. Those who agree with me and support me, stand by me. Defend me, build up your strength, because I now see efforts to topple me." It was the second time in a week that he had said...