Word: resignations
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Rudentsine's decision this May to resign did not come as a huge surprise--many anticipated that he would step down soon after the end of the capital campaign. The 65-year-old former Rhodes Scholar said he felt it was "the right time" to move...
...bring a bunch of swimming suits. One is okay, but you'll find that Cambridge is not exactly Tahiti. Resign yourself to the fact that you will never be as tan as your best friend who attends that prestigious university on the West Coast...
...party in his coalition - which would ostensibly force him into a minority government, an alliance with the hawkish Likud party or a new election - Barak is playing the beleaguered dove. His finance minister, Avraham Shohat, insisted Tuesday that the issues Shas is raising have been resolved. "They did not resign over that, but for political motives of another kind: differences over the peace process." Israeli political analysts don't buy that, but the spin may be intended for Madeleine Albright ahead of her imminent arrival in the region to nudge Barak and Yasser Arafat into concessions that would allow...
...realities have intervened. In February, Andrew Grossman, the man Armani hired 10 months earlier to oversee U.S. operations, was asked to resign. Industry insiders say Grossman's middle-market thinking clashed with Armani's. In March, Matthias Vriens, the creative director Armani hired last July, took a job at Gucci. And then in April, Armani's managing director and key deputy, Giuseppe Brusone, made it known he would be leaving after 15 years with the company. Suddenly the question appeared to be, How will Giorgio get things done...
...winds down each night by scratching out a few pages of his memoir--in ink--at home. Khatami is a former Culture Minister and a onetime head of the national library. He is not a born politician. His colleagues speak of his "delicate sensibilities." They fear he might resign or refuse to run for a second four-year term next year...