Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This article was first published on June 7, 1990, only days after Bok announced that he would resign...
...crew-cut career officer with a reputation as a law- and-order hard-liner, sat stonily through the 3 1/2-hour meeting. Though he had earlier declared himself sickened by the King beating, he said he was "very proud" of his 13-year tenure as L.A.P.D. chief and refused to resign. Said Gates: "I didn't invest 42 years of my life to go down the tubes over an incident that I had nothing to do with...
...left to the voters to decide the ultimate fate of the Keating Five. Citing health reasons, Cranston decided last November not to seek re- election in 1992; but his support has fallen so precipitously that half of California voters polled believe he should resign now. Bolstered by their national-hero status, former astronaut Glenn and former POW McCain, the group's lone Republican, have recovered from the beating they took in the polls right after the Keating affair became public. DeConcini and Riegle have not been so lucky. Polls show that if they were up for re-election today...
...this man who dares to challenge the Soviet President? Their rivalry has fascinated Soviets and foreigners alike ever since Yeltsin criticized Gorbachev at a Politburo meeting in 1987 and was forced to resign as party secretary for Moscow. Once regarded as a bombastic buffoon, Yeltsin has come to be seen as a serious contender for supreme power, the man most likely to win a free election for President...
...asking Gorbachev to resign, the president of the Russian republic plunges his country's politics into turmoil...