Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then came the real bombshell: "I am resigning." As cries of outrage and surprise sounded through the hall, Shevardnadze waved his hands and added, "Don't react, and don't criticize me. Let this be my personal contribution, my protest against the advance of dictatorship. I believe that to resign is my duty as a man, as a citizen, as a communist. I cannot reconcile myself to what is happening in our country and the trials awaiting our people...
Allen's task is to convince the NCR chief that this acquisition would not become another tale from the crypt. Although Exley has threatened to resign if "AT&T succeeds in shooting its way into NCR," analysts think he can be persuaded by a higher price. NCR has indicated a willingness to submit, but at $125 a share (for a $8.5 billion total) rather than the $90 offered by AT&T. Wall Street observers think the two sides will settle at around $105 a share. For its part, AT&T refuses to back down. In a letter to Exley, Allen...
...full investigation into the death of the tree and disciplinary action against those responsible. If Epps' self-described "vigorous efforts" cannot expose the obvious perpetrators, an independent investigator should be appointed immediately. And if the investigator concludes the Lampoon is responsible, the entire executive board of the Lampoon should resign in disgrace...
...ministers actually threatened to resign unless Thatcher stepped down. Only three swore total loyalty. David Howell, Tory chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee and a key Heseltine supporter, talked of an "avalanche sliding away from the fantastic Thatcher achievements of the '80s and on to a new presentation and a new assertion of the direction we already are going in. You can't stop an avalanche halfway...
...limits to people's patience. Elsewhere in the region those limits are already being tested. Earlier this month, when the Romanian government withdrew state subsidies on a wide range of goods, many prices more than doubled overnight. Workers and students took to the streets demanding the government's resignation and shouting slogans against President Ion Iliescu and Prime Minister Petre Roman: "Down with Iliescu!" and "Roman, resign!" Says Nica Leon, leader of the Free Democratic Party: "It is a very bleak economic picture. The shops are nearly empty, people have no money, and there ^ is little heat in apartments. Little...