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...Chester Hanford, dean of the College since 1927, announces his intent to resign from his post in June to resume teaching in the government department. Wilbur J. Bender '27, chief of the Counsellor for Veterans office--responsible for re-orienting students from the war to the University--is appointed to replace Hanford...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Communication Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, who is both loved and hated by the industry he oversees, announced Tuesday he plans to resign but will stay on for the next several months until a successor is found. Hundt, who spearheaded a major effort to deregulate the communications industry, said he is stepping down to spend more time with his children and to write a book about his experiences at the FCC. Hundt said he was proud of his record: "In the past three years, this commission has put the ball in the net more often than...
...wasn't she given counseling, a reprimand or reassignment? At the same base where Flinn was being hounded, a lieutenant colonel having an affair with his secretary was given a reprimand and fined $4,600 last year. Late last week the Air Force put out feelers encouraging Flinn to resign. Too bad she didn't refuse to go quietly...
...civilians, it is government soldiers who have ransacked other cities as Kabila's troops advanced. Fearing that the final battle is near, shops and stalls at the central market closed early, while police roamed the downtown area, stopping people to demand bribes. Opposition parties, hoping to convince Mobutu to resign, have called for a general strike Wednesday to coincide with the president's planned talks with Kabila in Pointe-Noire, Congo...
...arrived sooner than anyone expected. President Mobutu Sese Seko, the country's corrupt "Supreme Guide" for 32 years, finally ran out of moves. When he grudgingly flew off last Friday for a possible meeting with rebel leader Laurent Desire Kabila, Mobutu could choose only his manner of exit: to resign, as his neighbors and former friends were urging, or be thrown out at gunpoint, as Kabila's advancing troops intended to do in short order. Since last October the rebels of Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces have surged across two-thirds of the vast nation, while Mobutu's untrained...