Word: resignations
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...think that this represents an extremely serious ethical violation," Orr said. "The best scenario is for Fentrice to serve out her term as president and for John to resign...
...could be the end of the world, and I would not resign. We are moving on, and I'm confident that we will be able to pull the council with us," he said...
Richard A. Smith '44-'46, who has served on the Harvard Corporation since 1991, will resign from his position in June, University President Neil L. Rudenstine said yesterday...
...else seems lost. In a time that America's leaders lost touch with the people, where the government appeared corrupt and irresponsible, one particular example of courage served to remind people across the nation that hope still remained. The decision of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson '41 to resign rather than fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox '34 during the Watergate investigation showed Americans that there were still some idealists, still some honest men in public service...
Richardson's other accomplishments and service are exemplary, but it is for his defiant action in the face of Richard Nixon that he will always be remembered. He later remarked to a close associate that the decision to resign had been an easy one. If only it were so easy for the rest of us to make the tough decisions, decisions in the public interest instead of our own. By crystallizing the issue so clearly, by virtually creating the Saturday Night Massacre, Richardson not only exposed the misdeeds of the Nixon administration but set an example of bravery...