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...leader of the Japan Socialist Party, the largest opposition group, called the legislation the "greatest threat to the constitution since the war." Student organizations staged peace demonstrations. Even some members of Kaifu's own party suggested that if the legislation failed, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet should resign and an election should be called as a referendum on the issue. Said Yozo Yokota, a law professor at International Christian University: "This is a historic turning point in Japanese politics and diplomacy...
...rambunctious Peel sang Rocky Top. Donahue rightly charged that Boner's conduct came "very close to giving the finger" to Nashville. And Nashville seemed ready by last week to reciprocate. Unfortunately, Boner's constituents have found that the city charter fails to provide for recall. Unless he decides to resign -- or collapses in his bedroom -- it looks as if Nashville is stuck with him for another 11 months...
...become public, the humiliation can be intense. The sheriff of Morris County, Kans., filmed his wife and himself with a rented video camera and mistakenly returned the camera to the store -- with the tape inside. Copies quickly circulated around the town of Council Grove. Eventually, the sheriff had to resign, and the couple left town...
Love is blooming in Brazil, where private affairs can arouse public passions. Justice Minister Bernardo Cabral, 58, was forced to resign this month after the press revealed his romance with fellow Cabinet member Zelia Cardoso de Mello, the Economy Minister. Their relationship became common knowledge after Cabral, who is married, and Cardoso de Mello, who is single, openly danced cheek to cheek at her 37th birthday party. Cardoso de Mello's love life had become the subject of speculation after a reporter spotted an engagement ring on her finger...
...Membership in a discriminatory club raises serious questions about a nominee's personal commitment to discrimination," Metzenbaum wrote, warning aspiring judges that they have "either got to resign from any discriminatory club or start changing the club's policies...