Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kraus will announce in the near future whether he will resign from his University post, or ask lot an extended leave
...that October, Gomulka is reported to have met Khrushchev's threat that he had mobilized his troops with the rejoinder, "So have I." The Soviets backed down, and Gomulka became a national hero. Fourteen years later, riots broke out protesting failing economic policies, and Gomulka was forced to resign after security forces, summoned to squelch the uprising, killed dozens of workers...
Shortly before 9 a.m. one day last week, an expensively dressed gentleman slipped into Brooklyn federal court through a back door. Hands clasped behind him, he stood before Judge Charles Sifton and softly recited his crimes. Then, after pleading guilty, Democratic Congressman Frederick Richmond of Brooklyn agreed to resign immediately from the House of Representatives and not seek reelection to a fifth term...
Following the election, Botha's proposals won the unanimous approval of his party's Natal congress. At a rally for 1,200 supporters in Durban, the Prime Minister challenged Treurnicht to resign his seat so that a by-election could be held in his Waterberg constituency. "Then you will see a hell of a collision," Botha warned. Most important, he pledged that he would not deviate from his reformist views. Said he: "I have chosen my path. It is the path of my conviction, built on justice and fairness. It makes provision for the maintenance of civilized Christian...
...interview three weeks ago, National Guard Commander Rubén Dario Paredes mused: "Twenty-four more months, it's a bit long." When Royo's decision to quit the presidency became known, there were few doubts that the National Guard had forced him to resign and that the country Torrijos had kept balanced between the extremes would now be tilting right. Panama, for the last decade one of the few stable nations in strife-torn Central America, now faces a decidedly uncertain future...