Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intended to run or not. But at week's end, Ky announced that he would defer a final decision. Nevertheless, it was understood that he intended to call for a three-month postponement of the election. He was also expected to propose that both he and Thieu resign, and that Nguyen Van Huyen, president of the Senate, become Acting President in order to organize a new election. For the moment, only one thing seemed certain: despite all the maneuvering to restore the appearance of a real race, the election still bore little resemblance to the "self-determination" that Washington...
...spokesman for Jacob Kaplan pooh-poohed all that. "People are determined to substitute James Bond for the Kaplan family name," he said, though he could offer no explanation of just who had carried out the spectacular stunt. In Mexico, meanwhile, Attorney General Julio Sanchez Vargas was forced to resign, and prison officials and all 136 guards were arrested for questioning. The movie, after all, had been the first shown at the prison in two years...
...parliaments to the role of mere rubber stamps for party orders, the Yugoslav parliament and the new Cabinet will have considerable power to initiate and pursue policies independent of the party. Ministers will be required to answer questions in the Assembly, and the Cabinet will have the right to resign if the ministers feel that they cannot carry out their programs. The new Premier is Djemal Bijedic, 54, a Moslem who has been assembly president of the poor southern republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina...
...August 1951, the late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy pointed his accusing finger at Davies and at last succeeded in getting him condemned-not for disloyalty but for "disregard of proper forbearance and caution in making known his dissents" from existing policy. Davies refused to resign; Secretary of State John Foster Dulles fired...
...then, he has shown that he meant business. The day after he was sworn in by the British Governor General, Sir Maurice Dorman, he called on Sir Maurice and told him: "The people here would like to have a Maltese as Governor General." "When would you like me to resign?" asked Dorman. "Tomorrow morning," said Mintoff, although he later relented and gave Sir Maurice four days to get packing...