Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little hard evidence to implicate the venerable granite-walled banks of Switzerland in such schemes. Since then Swiss banks have been chastened by the disclosure that their accounts were used in a billion-dollar money-laundering operation. The resulting political scandal, in which the Justice Minister was forced to resign, ranks as the worst in modern Swiss history...
Anyone who doubts that sheer gall knows no bounds should consider the case of former Vice President Spiro Agnew. In 1973 Agnew was forced to resign as Richard Nixon's Veep amid charges that while Governor of Maryland he accepted $147,500 in illegal kickbacks from highway contractors. Nine years later, after settling down in tony Rancho Mirage, Calif., Agnew paid the state of Maryland $248,735 in restitution for the alleged bribes, plus interest and fines. But Agnew, who became an international business consultant after leaving the Government, deducted the entire amount, plus legal fees and interest, from...
...faced a merciless grilling. Rawl said once again that the company is taking full responsibility for the spill and will pay cleanup costs, but the Senators were not satisfied. Slade Gorton, a Republican from Washington, pointed out to Rawl that when Japanese companies cause serious accidents, their executives often resign in remorse. "I suggest that the disaster your company caused calls for that sort of response," said Gorton. Replied Rawl: "A lot of Japanese kill themselves also, and I refuse to do that...
Georgia's president, Otari Cherkeziya, also offered to resign, and the matter will be considered at the next session of Georgia's Supreme Soviet parliament, which is empowered to remove him, Tass said...
...publication of the 'Dear Nate' letter caused a campus-wide scandal. Soon afterward, Ford suffered a stroke that eventually led him to resign his post...