Word: resigned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paris, Brest, Avignon and elsewhere there were demonstrations against the Ramadier Government. Marchers carried placards which said: "Ramadier-Demission-Resign, Ramadier". Some of the demonstrations ended in scuffles with the police. Some appeared to be led by Communists of the French General Confederation of Labor. The Communist Central Committee charged Ramadier with "practising De Gaulle's politics without De Gaulle," and called for a left coalition to beat De Gaulle's French People's Rally in the October elections...
Ailing Bob Hannegan was in California, chatting with National Committeeman Ed Pauley and coaxing San Francisco into bidding for the Democratic convention next summer. When reporters tracked him down, he finally confirmed the recurrent rumor that he might resign as Democratic National Chairman...
President Shimer and the dean of women were married in June. Last week, honeymooning in Canada, they heard from Marietta: the trustees wanted Dr. Shimer to resign. He had been a good administrator, the trustees said; the whole trouble was his "divorce and remarriage. A college president should be an inspiration. . . . An example is better than 'a precept...
While Dr. Shimer and two of his professors argued with the trustees, students marched around the campus bearing placards: "We Want Shimer," "Let Him without Sin Cast the First Stone." Marietta's trustees were unyielding. Dr. Shimer at last agreed to resign...
Prime Minister Clement Attles was asked to resign by the ordinarily pro-government London Daly Mirror yesterday as he summoned top ranking cabinet officers to a conference last night. Speculation was rife as to whether a coalition government, including Conservatives and Liberals, would be determined at the 10 Downing Street conclave...