Word: resigned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ford left it up to Butz whether or not to resign. Not only Jimmy Carter but a chorus of Republicans began calling for Butz's head. After praying "over what to do," Butz sat down on Sunday morning and wrote out his resignation...
...about what she makes for every minute on the newscast, and she earned it. Walters fluffed nary a line, and even had two modest opening-night scoops. Newly deposed Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz suggested by telephone shortly before air time that Jimmy Carter should follow his example and resign for using lewd language. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat disclosed in a taped interview via satellite that he had been asked to send troops into Lebanon. "1 must tell you quite frankly, Bah-bar-ah," said the helpful newsmaker, "this is for the first time." He later congratulated her on her "million...
...remarks about what he genially referred to as "the coloreds." Ford promptly called Butz into the Oval Office and chewed him out, and Senator Robert Dole, the President's running mate, called the remarks "stupid" and "ill-conceived." G.O.P. Senator Edward Brooke, a black, demanded Butz's resignation. Jimmy Carter declared that Butz's crack was "disgraceful," and repeated his view that the man was not fit to sit in the Cabinet. Some White House insiders expected that Butz would resign as a result of the furor...
...wife and then implied to reporters that he had asked Howe to withdraw from his congressional race before the state's Democratic nominating convention so his name could be replaced on the November ballot. Salt Lake's evening paper, owned by the Mormon Church, called for Howe's immediate resignation. The editorial said Utahns hold their officials to higher standards than the rest of the country, adding that if Wayne Hayes had been from Utah he would have long ago been forced to resign...
Ebert, who is now 62 years old, decided to resign to spend his last three years before retirement doing research on medical education...