Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some cynics assumed that a deal had been struck between Ford and Nixon in the fateful early days of August: Nixon would quit if Ford would agree to pardon him at the earliest feasible moment. But that seemed highly unlikely, particularly considering that the pressures on Nixon to resign grew irresistible after it was revealed?three days before he quit?that Nixon had long been involved in the Watergate cover-up and had repeatedly lied to the nation about his actual role...
...disagree, he first applied pure charm. If that failed, he fell back on the ruthless use of power assiduously accumulated throughout his career. When he was up against a man who ranked him, the succession of Governors and mayors he ostensibly worked for, he simply and repeatedly threatened to resign if he did not get his way. Whether these politicians liked or hated Moses, they simply could not do without a man who got so much done...
...University announced in mid-August that Daniel J. Robbins, lecturer on Fine Arts, will resign from his post as director of the Fogg Art Museum this month. There were strong indications that Robbins's decision to give up the position he has held for the past three years was prompted by conflicts between him and some members of the Fine Arts Department and the central administration...
When Ferraro announced in August he would resign at year's end, he declined to specify reasons for his decision and refused to comment on charges that he has mismanaged the CHA. He said only that "personal reasons" led to his decision to leave the housing authority...
...Nixon] leftists and liberals to go to hell," McLaughlin seems to bear no grudges. In an interview last week, he admitted to feeling "rage, desolation and the bends" as the former President's case collapsed. But he also welcomed the sense of "excitement and peace" that followed the resignation. Why had he kept his silence during Nixon's last days? Said McLaughlin: "I did not want to say anything by way of a public defense that might inhibit him from recognizing that he should resign." There the maverick Jesuit was in agreement with Rome. Writing on Nixon...