Word: resignations
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...June, Murphy said that one of the factors behind his decision to resign was the recently finished University-wide capital campaign--which raised $111 million...
...couldn't choose between Bush and Gore. Depending on who wins the last pending statewide race, in Washington, the Senate could be split right down the middle: 50 Republicans, 50 Democrats. If Bush wins, Dick Cheney would become the Senate's deciding vote. If Gore wins, Joe Lieberman would resign his Senate seat and be replaced by a Republican appointee, giving the G.O.P. a tiny two-vote edge--far short of the 60 needed to shut off debate and force a floor vote. In the House, Democratic gains will leave Republicans with a nominal majority of five to 12 seats...
...Cabinet issue is a particularly important one, because if Thurmond can't serve as president, the office then goes to members of the President's Cabinet in the historic order in which their posts were created. Because Cabinet members serve until they resign or are replaced, and if Hastert or Thurmond hasn't made new appointments, the succession goes like this...
...confrontation escalates, the leaders on both sides already know the outcome - at some point, Israelis and Palestinians will be forced by their inability to wish, or blow, each other away, to return to the negotiating table. But it may take many months, and many lives, before they once again resign themselves to the inevitability of coexistence based on the principle of land for peace...
...Lieberman be a member of that new Senate if he hasn't resigned yet? He won't potentially be sworn in as vice president until Jan. 20, right? A: Yes. Lieberman will be a member of the new Senate for a few days and then he could resign as late as noon on Jan. 20, when, if his ticket wins, he'd become vice president. He's not allowed to hold both jobs at the same time...