Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also promised that he will study, presumably with a critical eye, the "golden parachute" package fashioned by Bendix directors for Agee during the merger battle. Under its terms, Agee would receive his current $825,000 annual salary plus bonuses for up to six years should he be forced to resign...
...with assaulting a visitor from Ulster. Charges were dropped when the main prosecution witness did not appear in court; he had been arrested by police in Northern Ireland and was released only when the case was over. Finally, in August, Haughey's Attorney General, Patrick Connolly, had to resign when it was revealed that a man subsequently convicted of murder had been staying in his apartment...
...latest revelations generated pressure for Haughey to resign as Fianna Fail's leader last week. "The heat was so strong in there you could burn your hands on the flames," said one M.P. after a party meeting to discuss the scandal. But despite the growing rebellion in the ranks, Haughey has refused to quit. Said the Irish Times: "He is not to be dislodged by assaults that would shift normally tenacious men." In part, Haughey is able to hold on because of some old-fashioned political patronage. Says one Irish reporter: "Charlie has people everywhere. When the chips...
...lack of heavy criticism of the Foreign Office left one mystery. If the diplomats were blameless, just why had Lord Carrington felt the need to resign as Foreign Secretary immediately after the invasion? The report revealed that he had repeatedly warned during his three-year tenure of the dangers of diplomatic stalling. He had also disagreed with Thatcher's decision to withdraw the Royal Navy's survey ship H.M.S. Endurance from Falklands patrol, a move that some believe convinced the Argentine junta that Britain would not resist an invasion...
...ineffectiveness as a military leader, Garcia had been hinting that he would stay on as Defense Minister past his scheduled retirement date in February and that he might even run for President when elections are held in March 1984. Now, his authority shaken, Garcia is expected to resign "after a prudent, face-saving time period," according to one U.S. official...