Word: resigned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...could tell them yet whether the drive was winning; the next six to eight months will give that answer. If vaccination fails to wipe out the plague, then Mexico must probably resign herself to living more or less permanently with aftosa, controlling it as best she can. And the threat of disastrous infection from across the border will hang heavy over the $11 billion U.S. livestock industry...
When the order was announced, two members of the Council had threatened to resign unless it were rescinded. A little more than a week ago, Dean Bender said he was willing to accept any Council substitute proposal that would cut down on the administrative department's difficulties...
Opposition to the move crystallized yesterday after at least two members of the Student Council threatened to resign. The regulation would destray the Council's purpose as a free investigation group representing the student body, they felt...
...suggested by TIME, I read the article in connection with Religion . . . The religionists have it, by far. For whether you "renounce" with Buddha, "resign" with Thomas à Kempis, or "respect the Infinite" with Santayana, the end result in each case will be the same: the "peace of mind" of Rabbi Liebman...
...were skyrocketing, and Dewey had lost the U.S. elections. At 40 to the dollar, the gold yuan had sunk in two weeks to a tenth of its original value. A wave of defeatism swept Nationalist China. Frail Wong Wen-hao, a geologist in private life, tried three times to resign as Premier, finally agreed to hang on until Chiang Kai-shek could find a successor...