Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...affair. The U.S. Government, Marcos' main foreign supporter and benefactor, reacted to the board's reports last week by reminding him that it expected the investigation to be vigorously pursued. Meanwhile, some 5,000 protesting citizens took to the streets of Manila calling for the President to resign...
...through his Frankfurt law office. Barzel was allegedly paid off in exchange for giving up the leadership of the Christian Democratic Union in 1973 in favor of Flick's choice for the post, Kohl. Though Barzel denied any wrongdoing and no charges have been filed, he agreed to resign after a half-hour private chat with Kohl. The Chancellor himself is scheduled to appear before a parliamentary investigating committee next week to explain reported expenditures on his behalf by Flick between...
...felt that its actions--or any actions that universities could take--would have a substantial effect on apartheid. Harvard decided on this course of action in the conviction that it should vote shares as conscientiously as possible, even if the effects are only limited." In other words, Harvard must resign itself to token gestures because of its impotence on the issue of apartheid...
...Nevada's U.S. District Court since 1978 and the first federal judge convicted of a felony committed while on the bench; to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for filing false tax returns for 1979 and 1980; in Reno. Claiborne has vowed not to resign and to fight any attempt to impeach...
...Reagan's first appointment to the D.C. Circuit, is the favorite to fill the next opening on the Supreme Court during a Reagan presidency. As Solicitor General in the Nixon Administration, Bork came to public notice for firing Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox after Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned rather than do the deed. Bork intended to resign after firing Cox but stayed on when Richardson told him, "If you quit, there will be no Justice Department...