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This stunning reversal by Major left his government's economic policy and British politics in turmoil. He rejected all calls for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont, to resign, and even among the government's critics there was a forlorn sense that the crisis had been beyond the ability of anyone in Britain to control. "It wouldn't matter if you put King Kong in the Treasury," complained Tory M.P. and Euro-skeptic Sir Teddy Taylor. "The ^ Germans control our economy...
...desire to resign my license to practicemedicine," Bean-Bayog wrote...
...clean out his locker. By a vote of 18 to 9 (with one abstention), the owners declared that "the major league clubs do not have confidence" in Vincent's ability "to carry out the responsibilities of the office of the commissioner." They further resolved that he "be requested to resign effective immediately." Vincent said he would not resign, and the owners scheduled another meeting, this week in St. Louis, to plot their next move...
Vincent was "requested to resign" because, according to his contract, the commissioner cannot have his powers diluted, his salary cut or his position terminated. Every employee should have such job security. To be sure, Vincent -- who succeeded his friend, the late Bartlett Giamatti, as the sport's chief arbiter, lobbyist and cheerleader -- does work for the owners. They hired him; they pay his $650,000 a year. But under the Major League Agreement, he has the authority to act "in the best interests of baseball." Which, if you have a high opinion of the sport, the office and yourself...
...players' salaries are too fat, but no one forced the Baltimore Orioles to pay Cal Ripken $30.5 million for the next five years. For these woes, the owners have only themselves to blame. Which doesn't mean they can't blame somebody else. Somebody who could be requested to resign...