Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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July 17--Corcoran issues a statement saying he will not make a decision on resigning until the Council takes "final action" on his replacement. In January, Corcoran said he would resign as soon as the Council agreed upon his successor...
...previously passed motion appointing Peterson contingent on Corcoran's resignation expired, at midnight when Corcoran refused to resign. Thus the independents have successfully blocked Peterson...
After a protracted controversy, McArthur and his assistant, Louis Norris, agreed to resign at Berman's request. Berman declared the debate "a closed issue," but he also proposed new policy guidelines that emphasize "serious, intellectual, disciplined study." The guidelines declare that the endowment "is not interested in random speculation about contemporary events but only in the application of rigorous humanistic thinking...
...George McGovern, at least in the minds of the TIME Citizens' Panel. In another of a series of surveys conducted for TIME by Daniel Yankelovich, Inc., the panel was interviewed after the Missouri Senator's past mental treatments had been revealed and McGovern had asked him to resign from the vice-presidential race. The panel consisted of 302 citizens chosen randomly from a scientifically selected cross section of more than 2,500 voting-age Americans. Some of the findings...
...elevation, however, is only temporary. In November, an election will be held to fill the seat. Elaine (so everybody anticipates) will then resign and return home. "I'm no Senator," Elaine candidly admits, though she plans to do her job conscientiously while it lasts. "I'm not just going to be a stick of furniture. I aim to be on hand to represent the state and vote when I'm expected to." Tough and talkative, the new Ms. Senator considers herself more liberal than the conservative Ellender, though she remains a hawk...