Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debating the Waldheim furor, some Austrians have displayed an insensitivity toward the President's Jewish critics that has sometimes curdled into outright anti-Semitism. Michael Graff, secretary-general of the People's Party, was forced to resign last month after he told the French magazine L'Express that Waldheim had "no problem" unless he could be proved to have "strangled six Jews single-handedly." On the other hand, in Vienna last week, three neo-Nazis interrupted a nationally televised ceremony honoring Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal with repeated shouts of "Murderer!" When the program's host asked the audience to show...
...Majesty did not count on the reaction of the thousands of expatriate doctors, engineers and other skilled workers. Upon hearing the news, for example, the entire medical staff at a Riyadh hospital threatened to resign. Within 48 hours, Fahd had rescinded the decree. Although the door was left open for a future income tax, the Saudis seem to prefer losing the money rather than the labor...
Among the other runners-up for Man of the Year would have to be the figure at the center of the Iran-contra scandal, though there was some uncertainty about who that might be. Rear Admiral John Poindexter, who had been forced to resign as the President's National Security Adviser, testified that he was in ^ charge of the operation and that he had decided, for Reagan's protection, not to tell the President all the details. But there were many in Congress who doubted that the cautious and rules-bound admiral would undertake such a risky venture...
...years, West German viewers tuned in to Der Internationale Fruhschoppen, a weekly program that brought journalists together to discuss current events. Last week the old standby was gone. It had been canceled because Host Werner Hofer, 74, perhaps West Germany's best-known media personality, was forced to resign over charges that he had shown pro-Nazi sympathies during World...
...Kasparov had to win the 24th and final game. A draw would give him only half a point, and would allow Karpov to regain the title that he had surrendered to Kasparov two years earlier. But in the tense match game, with an astonishing virtuosity, Kasparov forced Karpov to resign. That left the final count tied at 12 and meant he retained his championship. The feat had the capacity crowd of 700 in the ornate Teatro Lope de Vega offering a 20-minute standing ovation. One expert called it the "most dramatic finish ever seen in world- championship chess...