Word: resignations
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...Under President Faust, excellence in teaching and research will the be watchword,” she wrote in an e-mail. Balch said that he believed Faust was chosen in part as a product of the post-Lawrence H. Summers environment. The former Harvard president, who was forced to resign from his post last February, sparked an outcry in 2005 when he proposed that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might be one factor explaining the underrepresentation of women in the sciences. The uproar surrounding Summers’ departure and Faust’s scholarly interests...
...prevailing force on campus until well into the early 19th century. Dunster was no exception. He was bothered when Harvard’s Overseers interfered with his governance, and with only 50-60 students in 1654, he was able to rule with relatively little resistance. He was forced to resign, however, for his illegal—and radical—opposition to the doctrine of infant baptism. Instead of recanting his position to maintain the presidency, Dunster began a tradition of eschewing the status...
...forward to the 10th anniversary of his first election victory, on May 1, London's famous chattering classes are wondering if he'll make it that far. An alliance of raucous opponents on the right and left, amplified by the noisy media, demands his head now, saying he should resign pending the police investigation into allegations that honors, such as seats in the House of Lords, may have been offered in exchange for party funding. Blair is keeping his head down and continues to work to secure his legacy as one of Britain's most successful premiers ever--presiding over...
...year ago, then-Managing Editor Zachary M. Seward ’07–’09 was also forced to resign after the College required him to take a one-year academic leave of absence...
...four. More than a dozen people were killed in their homes by ricocheting bullets; one 10-year-old died and of the 400 wounded, several lost limbs. And the widespread outrage at Sanchez de Lozada's ordering the use of the military against unarmed protesters forced him to resign on October...