Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem in any settlement would be the status of South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu. Hanoi still insists on his departure, while the most that Washington has offered is that he would resign one month before elections were held. In recent weeks, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker has reportedly urged Thieu to make overtures to the Viet Cong and neutralist elements that might be included in a future government, but any such suggestion has been met with blustery defiance. In a speech nominally aimed at the French but probably intended for the Americans, Thieu said, "I severely warn...
...story invites skepticism. He testified that he was asked to join Continental last March, took part in initial negotiations with the Russians in Moscow in early April, discussed the sales further in Washington with the Soviet deputy of foreign trade in May, and announced his intention to resign two days later. He joined Continental on June 8 -and on July 2, he escorted the Soviet grain buyers on a sightseeing tour of Washington, D.C. On July 5, Continental sold 150 million bu. of wheat and 41 million tons of feed grains to Russia. This was three days before the Administration...
Then on September 24 and 25 the Norwegian electorate, by 53.9 per cent to 46.1 per cent, voted against membership The Labor Government announced it would resign. Neither it nor the Conservative party--the two composing 103 of the Parliament's 150 members--would participate in an anti-EEC government...
...crisis deepened, the Bok administration took drastic measures to put the Press back on its feet. Carroll's abrupt dismissal, although a surprise to the director himself, came after long deliberations between Bok, Hall, and the Board of Directors. When the decision was made to ask Carroll for his resignation, however, Carroll refused to resign, and Bok dismissed...
...crisis deepened, the Bok administration took drastic measures to put the Press back on its feet. Carroll's abrupt dismissal, although a surprise to the director himself came after long deliberations between Bok, Hall, and the Board of Directors. When the decision was made to ask Carroll for his resignation, however, Carroll refused to resign, and Bok dismissed...