Word: resigned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Keenan says there has been no pressure on him to resign his overseeing commission. He adds, however, that friends of his in organizations like Amnesty International would prefer that no one work with Iran. He says that a boycott by himself "would be a hollow, ineffective and not necessarily morally brave option. Americans I think without being crusaders can bring moral pressure to bear in a way that maybe others won't be able to. But they will not be effective if they are simplistic." And, he adds, "If one were to accept Amnesty International's position for example, there...
WHAT IS HAROLD WILSON trying to do? Once again he has demonstrated his ability to surprise and, probably, to outwit the motley crew the British call their politicians. He has announced his intention to resign without calling a general election; the first time a Labour Minister has done...
...Wilson prepared to celebrate his 60th birthday, an unholy alliance of Tories, Celtic fringe nationalists, Ulster Unionists, and extremist left-wing Labourites combined to defeat the measure in the Commons by 28 votes. A defeat on such an important question, while it did not constitutionally require the government to resign, immediately called into question its future existence. Wilson cancelled his birthday party Friday and made the Labour leftists see the light. Although it had to resort to the expedient of bringing in MP's on stretchers, the Wilson government won in a replay of the budget battle and assured...
...President Hafez Assad] by being funny. Through the interpreter he said, 'I should teach you English, Mr. President. You'll be the first Arab leader to speak English with a German accent. Did you meet Mr. Sisco [Under Secretary Joseph J. Sisco, who is about to resign]? I had to bring him with me -if I left him in Washington he might mount a coup d'etat.' Assad laughed. Kissinger assumed that the Syrians, like other Arabs, were intrigued by his success with women, so he talked about women and repeated some lecherous pleasantries...
Psychological Clout. With his own rebels under control, Wilson is in no imminent danger from the official opposition, either. Winning Labor's seat in Coventry would have given the Tories considerable psychological clout, but not enough to try for a no-confidence vote that might force Wilson to resign and call for new elections. To swing that, the Tories would have to line up all the votes of the 13 Liberals, eleven Scottish and three Welsh nationalists, and the twelve Ulster M.P.s...