Word: resignations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Have two sisters ever been closer than Tricia and Julie Nixon? Tied by bonds of family, forged by political fires, they endured as daughters of the only American President to resign; they smile or wave or cry together in a thousand pictures, standing by their father and each other. Each was maid of honor for the other. Tricia, 56, says she trusted her sister so much that when Julie was writing her highly praised book about their mother, Tricia turned over her diary. That closeness has been strained this spring, as a battle over how to spend a $19 million...
That may be so, but many observers believe the dramatic summons, which followed a secret visit to Rome by Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law, who has been under pressure to resign because of his handling of abuse cases in his archdiocese, was the result of a reluctant acknowledgment that the problem was beginning to hurt the church in tangible ways. Some parishioners in the U.S. have threatened to withhold funds until the controversy is addressed. "The profound and potentially long-lasting alienation of the laity is a very significant factor," says Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center...
...That may be so, but many observers believe the dramatic summons, which followed a secret visit to Rome by Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law, who has been under pressure to resign because of his handling of abuse cases in his archdiocese, was the result of a reluctant acknowledgment that the problem was beginning to hurt the church in tangible ways. Some parishioners in the U.S. have threatened to withhold funds until the controversy is addressed. "The profound and potentially long-lasting alienation of the laity is a very significant factor," says Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center...
First he's out, then he's back. On Friday it seemed as if Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, 47, had been ousted in a coup. Following a series of escalating strikes, army leaders forced Chavez to resign early Friday morning. By Sunday morning Chavez had been freed by his captors and said he was back in power...
Last week, Lowell House Senior Tutor Marshall T. Poe announced his decision to resign at the end of this academic year. Poe cited a disagreement between himself and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 over the appropriate role of the Allston Burr Senior Tutor in the House community. Poe said he believed that a senior tutor should be first and foremost involved in student life as an advisor and counselor, whereas the College saw the job as primarily administrative. With Poe’s resignation and the recent appointment of five new senior tutors...