Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alert now as he was 20 years ago, is not forgetful and does not suffer from "blue" periods. Six doctors who have examined the Californian in recent years assured the newspaper that he is physically and mentally fit. Reagan promised that if he becomes President, he will resign at the first hint of senility. Said he: "I would walk away...
...parliamentary government may collapse, especially a coalition government. In Israel it happens time and again. Can my government collapse? It may. So what? I'm not worried. If we have the confidence of the majority, I don't intend to resign. There may be demonstrations, there may be shouting, but I don't pay any attention to all that noise. My friends and I have the confidence of the people. I intend to serve out our term until the end of October...
Although a parliamentary commission questioned the Prime Minister and voted 11 to 9 to drop the case, Enrico Berlinguer's Communist Party accused Cossiga of misusing his office and demanded his resignation. Publicly, the parties that constitute Cossiga's coalition-the Christian Democrats, Socialists and Republicans-proclaimed their support of the beleaguered Prime Minister, and he staunchly refused to resign. "Is it possible that anyone could accuse me of protecting terrorists?" Cossiga asked friends incredulously. After all, Cossiga had served as Interior Minister from 1976 to 1978, Italy's worst period of terrorism, and had refused...
...little to impress his critics when he informed them in a meeting that "I'm 90% qualified." At the same time, Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, a former general and the leading hard-line proponent of Israel's incendiary settlements policy in the West Bank, threatened to resign if he did not get the Defense Ministry himself. Begin explained to Sharon, a fellow Herut Party member, that he personally preferred him, but the opposition from the other parties ruled out his appointment...
...economy had not improved under mild austerity procedures. So in January, Manley went back to the IMF to ask for another loan. The IMF told him to lay off 11,000 workers and cut his budget by $85 million. Manley refused. There was nothing left to do but resign and call for new elections later in the year...