Word: resignations
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Oxford-trained chemist Jeremy R. Knowles has led the Faculty as interim dean since last summer. Knowles succeeded Kirby, whom Summers forced to resign before he himself was pressured to step down. Summers had reportedly offered Faust the deanship as he looked for a replacement for Kirby...
...Lebanon, the country's troubles have continued unabated. Siniora had to endure last summer's devastating war in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shi'a Muslim Hizballah group. Soon after the hostilities ended, Hizballah and its allies staged massive protests demanding that Siniora's government resign. Political killings are commonplace, including the murder of one of Siniora's ministers. In an interview with TIME's Scott MacLeod and Nicholas Blanford, the Prime Minister explained how and why he has stood his ground...
Harvard’s Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development, Donella M. Rapier, announced yesterday that she will resign at the end of the academic year and suggested that President-elect Drew G. Faust had asked her to step down...
...Rapier is the second Summers-appointed vice president to announce plans to resign this year. Alan J. Stone, the vice president for government, community, and public affairs, has announced he will step down on June 30 as well...
...reserve judgment on the new Palestinian government, President Bush telephoned Olmert to tell him that the U.S would never recognize the new cabinet. Rice dodged the subject, say Abbas aides, and talked only about expanding "political horizons." ("If she didn't know about Bush's phone call, she should resign," Abbas told aides later. "She's lost credibility.") Witnesses say that Abbas also blamed Rice for failing to put pressure on Israel to ease roadblocks on Palestinians and unfreeze nearly $500 million in Palestinian funds...