Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue never came up, because it is so far out there beyond what we are dealing with now," said one aide who spoke with Barry several times on Saturday. "There is no reason for him to resign, because if he did, he would lose the powers of office, the influence and the ability to generate money for his treatment program and his legal defense...
...them down on Dec. 31. KGB commanders made a few concessions -- some crossing points were opened for those who had business or wished to visit cemeteries in Iran -- but the threatened attacks were carried out anyway. Unable to quell the disorder, the party chief in Nakhichevan was forced to resign...
...certainly sees himself to be so. He has threatened to resign at least three times during the past five years, with little worry that his offer would be accepted. "Gorbachev is a superb actor," says the Carnegie Endowment's Dimitri Simes. "He rants to effect but is always in control. Like Reagan, he has a real sense of mission, but he is also a master of strategy and tactics, like Richard Nixon. And if you recall that Abraham Lincoln held off before freeing the slaves, and then consider how Gorbachev is astutely waiting for the time to be ripe before...