Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nixon was even more forceful in vowing once again that he would not resign. "Resignation is an easy cop-out," he declared, adopting his frequent rhetorical device of posing an artificially easy-or-tough choice. "But resignation of this President on charges of which he is not guilty simply because he happened to be low in the polls would forever change our form of government. It would lead to weak and unstable presidencies in the future, and I will not be a party to the destruction of the presidency of the United States...
Congressman Wilbur Mills, the influential and powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, added: "If Watergate brought pressure on Nixon to resign, our report will bring about a great deal more pressure. I don't believe that he will be able to withstand it." A congressional staff member said that Nixon may well wind up owing more than $500,000 in taxes and penalties. For the years 1970 and 1971 he paid less than $2,000 on a combined income...
...deadline, though he is in no position to drop his guard. Whenever a Tory whip suspects that he has enough M.P.s on the Commons floor to defeat the government, he could call a snap vote on some minor issue. Normally, that kind of defeat could force a government to resign. But Wilson has served notice that he would treat the results of a snap vote merely "with suitable respect, not exaggerated respect." Even if the Tories and Liberals combine this week to defeat Labor on the traditional vote approving the Queen's speech, Wilson is unlikely to resign. Instead...
...whole landscape of a possible disengagement." Dayan, however, is under severe criticism at home for the lack of preparedness that led to heavy Israeli losses early in the war. Unless he can make a spectacular recovery in the Washington talks he may be forced to resign. If he does, the entire government may fall with him, putting a fresh roadblock in the way of ultimate settlement...
...marketeer in an Administration whose economic policies blow hither and yon, Shultz learned to become a master tacker, but he never really learned to like it. Last week, after 22 tiring months as Treasury Secretary and more than five years in top economic posts, Shultz announced that he will resign and leave the Government...