Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eating or was gravely ill, but they hardly helped matters by issuing confusing statements about precisely what did ail the Prime Minister. First they insisted that he simply was not feeling well. Then he was said to be suffering from the flu and a severe cold. He wanted to resign in person, claimed his aides, and he would go to Herzog's office as soon as he felt well enough...
Israelis were stunned when Begin, 70, suddenly announced at a Cabinet meeting early last week that he intended to resign. The Prime Minister, who has suffered two heart attacks, one stroke and a broken hip, has been in poor health for some time. In the past year, moreover, Begin has received a series of damaging jolts to his morale, each compounding the others. Last November, as he was about to deliver a speech in Los Angeles, he heard the news that his wife of 43 years, Aliza, had died after a long illness. Three months later, an independent Israeli commission...
...challenge, Shamir warned his fellow Herut Cabinet members of the dangers that might result from a contentious floor fight at a party meeting. "Time is working against us," he argued. "Labor is standing in ambush in the corner." Former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, who was forced to resign last February after the independent commission found that he had "made a grave mistake when he ignored the danger of acts of revenge and bloodshed" in the Beirut refugee camps, hinted that if the central committee took up the matter there might be many candidates, "including me." Levy, who had on several...
Rivlin, a Democrat whom some Republicans accused of being too liberal, announced her intention to resign more than a year ago, but political wrangling delayed the selection of her successor. Rivlin endorsed Penner, as did the chairmen of the two congressional budget committees, Republican Senator Pete Domenici and Democratic Representative James Jones. But House Speaker Tip O'Neill attempted to block the choice, preferring a liberal Democrat for the job. Ironically, Penner's calls for tax increases have been putting him at odds with White House policy and rankling a few congressional Republicans. After Penner advocated higher taxes...
Saul I. Chafin announced last month that he will resign at the end of September from the Harvard post he has held for five years. Chafin managed the University's approximately 200 patrolmen, uniformed security guards and students security personnel...