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...YORK--George Steinbrenner was forced to resign as principal partner of the New York Yankees yesterday by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, all but ending his turbulent reign as the team's owner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Steinbrenner Ordered to Quit | 7/31/1990 | See Source »

...Continent to Hitler. What made the uproar worse was the widespread conviction that Ridley had only said what Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher thought. But Kohl wisely laughed off Ridley's remarks as "pretty silly," comparing them to his own gaffe about Gorbachev and Goebbels. Ridley was forced to resign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kohl Wins His Way | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

...clergyman and a leading spokesman for mixed-race South Africans, the Rev. Allan Boesak was known for invoking his moral authority to speak against apartheid. That authority all but evaporated last week when he was forced to resign his ministry after the press disclosed that he was having an extramarital affair with a television producer, Elna Botha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: A Sad Fall From Grace | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

When Derek C. Bok announced last month that he intends to resign from the Harvard presidency, he immediately set alumni, faculty and students speculating about a possible successor...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Choosing A Person, Choosing A Mission | 7/10/1990 | See Source »

...Watergate-tapes decision was instrumental in forcing President Nixon to resign. You were appointed by him. What personal feelings did the case generate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lewis Powell: The Marble Palace's Southern Gentleman | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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