Word: resigned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...message turned out to be more startling than soothing: the FBI chief said that recently he himself had been pushed to the brink of resignation by the congressional investigations. Although details were not divulged, one committee apparently had demanded evidence that Kelley thought should not be handed over. Said a participant at the FBI meeting: "Kelley has told us in the past that he would resign if he were forced to comply with demands that he considered unreasonable. Well, he said that a few weeks ago he felt he was at that point. But he didn't quit because...
Moderate Group. The Communists and their man in the troika, Premier Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves, were very much on the defensive. Gonçalves was clinging desperately to his position, ignoring demands that he resign. But the cabal of officers intent upon ousting him has generated such impressive support that Gonçalves' days seemed numbered. Melo Antunes' moderate manifesto, with its call for a gradual, pluralistic approach to socialism, had won the backing of a majority in the armed forces -some estimates went as high as 85%. Just about every officer of any consequence...
...Gomes acknowledged privately that the Communist-leaning Gonçalves had been irredeemably discredited. In the course of a 2½-hour meeting at Belem Palace, Costa Gomes reportedly asked Socialist Leader Mário Soares for a six weeks' grace period to arrange Gonçalves' resignation and restore political parties to representation in the government. Soares rejected the proposal. Soon afterward, he was backed by 7,000 Socialists who marched on Belem Palace shouting "Vasco must resign...
...Episcopal Church, where it caused profound divisions of opinion. Bishops met in emergency session over the issue, and two priests who let women celebrate Communion were convicted by ecclesiastical tribunals. Some priests threaten to bolt the church if women priests are permitted, while one bishop has vowed to resign his office if they are not. Most Episcopalians hope to muddle through and let the 1976 General Convention decide the question...
...into the apartment of the woman, a middle-aged waitress, and discovered bureau manuals, documents and reports. Some FBI officials urged prosecution, but J. Edgar Hoover's palace guard of deputies stopped the inquiry to avoid embarrassing the bureau and its boss. The agent was simply allowed to resign. The KGB also appears to have penetrated the FBI in 1961. In this case, the agent suspected of giving FBI reports to the Soviets (a polygraph test on him was inconclusive) was fired on a minor technicality...