Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...midnight Bowles headed over to the Morris suite. Morris' wife Eileen McGann told TIME last week that her husband had decided earlier that night to resign. But several Clinton aides say he argued into the night, trying to tough it out and keep his job. It wasn't until 3 a.m. that Bowles could call Panetta with the news that Morris had offered his resignation. Panetta let the President sleep, to make sure that he would be at his best for his convention acceptance speech...
...just the sort of loyal opposition Peres is expected to provide; to date, he's been missing in action, letting other members of the party mount the offensive. "He's still head of the Labor Party, much to the dismay of younger leaders, who were expecting him to resign as party leader," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "After the May election, a lot of people thought his career would be over and he would retire gracefully." Peres has stayed on, waiting for a split in a fragile Netanyahu coalition that relies on the support of both religious...
...Birthplace: To remain nonpartisan, I racked my brain for a presidential library honoring a Democratic president and found that there are none in the Los Angeles area. Focusing little on the Watergate scandal while emphasizing his prowess in foreign affairs, the library states simply that Nixon "chose to resign" from the presidency...
Threatening to bar the Serb Democratic Party, which Karadzic headed, from the election and renew international economic sanctions against Serbia, Holbrooke scored at least a half-success. Milosevic and senior Bosnian Serb leaders forced Karadzic to resign his party post and step out of public life. "We fell short of our maximum goal, which is to have Karadzic out of power and out of the country," Holbrooke said in an interview with TIME. But he emphasized that the accord will allow the elections to go forward. Karadzic and his lieutenants have agreed to the text's statement that "[Karadzic] will...
...TIME's James Wilde reports from the Turkish capital: "Erbakan has made a 180-degree turn in policies. He says that he will govern under the principles of secularism and democracy, words that he had never used before coming to power." After Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz was forced to resign last month, many Turks believed it would be difficult for Erbakan's Welfare Party, or Refah, to form a coalition, especially since it did not enjoy the support of the traditionally secular military. However, the recent government's paralysis in the face of high inflation, crippling debt and rising unemployment...