Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every public move. This was more than a charming eccentricity shared with the 50 million or so other Americans who, casually or in dead earnest, look to the alignment of the stars for guidance. As White House chief of staff for two years, before he was forced to resign in February 1987, Regan was in a position to see how the First Lady's faith in the astrologer's pronouncements wreaked havoc with her husband's schedule. At times, he writes, the most powerful man on earth was a virtual prisoner in the White House...
Among the unresolved details: when Noriega would resign and where he would go if he left Panama. With both sides eager to save face, one prospect was that Noriega would remain in the country a while longer, then emigrate for an extended period before returning home to settle...
Boston Celtics Coach K.C. Jones said yesterday he will resign after the current NBA season and indicated he would be succeeded by Assistant Coach Jimmy Rodgers...
Washington's tolerance for Meese is fading. No Republican, particularly not George Bush, wants to head into the November elections while Meese sits in the Justice Department offering a fat target for Democratic attacks. Reagan, unmoved by the accounts of the resigned Justice officials, bellowed a loud no when asked last week whether Meese should resign. But not even Reagan may be able to stand by his pal when later this spring Independent Counsel James McKay issues what will be at best a highly critical report on Meese's unethical conduct...
...crime. This administration certainly outdid his record with its influence-peddling officials, ideologues-gone-astray, and just plain crooks--from Michael Deaver, Lyn Nofziger, and Edwin Meese to Oliver North, John Poindexter, and William Casey to Anne Gorsuch, Rita Lavelle, and Raymond Donovan. Carter got Lance to resign, even after he was found innocent, while Reagan ignored rampant corruption...