Word: resignment
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...preserve the dignity of the Senate, Packwood should resign immediately. In a time when confidence in Washington is unhealthily low, the allegations surrounding Packwood, true or not, are not improving the situation. His ability to lead has been mortally wounded, and even the people of Oregon probably would not send him back to Capitol Hill if an election were held today. Resigning may take more bravery, but it is the only option left if Packwood truly wants to protect his right to privacy as well as the precarious condition of American government...
Many other Senators, who are still smarting from Packwood's veiled threat of two weeks ago, privately agree that he should resign. That step not only would bring a rapid end to the ethics committee's sexual-misconduct inquiry, prompted by allegations by at least 26 women, but would also spare the Senate the discomfort of deciding what punitive action to take if the charges prove convincing (although his resignation would not prevent the women from pursuing lawsuits). If he fails to resign, the ethics committee may decide to push forward shortly with open hearings on the sexual-harassment charges...
...Eastman Kodak. It may be the most calculating task of his career. He takes over as chairman, president and chief executive officer from Kay Whitmore, whose three-year tenure as CEO came to an ignominious end three months ago when the company's board of directors asked him to resign as soon as a successor could be found...
...reconciliation government" that includes all major players, save Aristide. Ninety days later, elections will be held -- leaving the U.N. to choose between two "elected" Presidents. Supporting those claims is a communique issued last Saturday by 12 political parties and movements. It stated that if Aristide did not resign by 3 p.m. Sunday, they would announce plans to replace...
...According to this source, there was an interim plan for Cedras to resign as a way to lure Aristide back into the country. Once Aristide arrived, he says, "he would be killed." Max Paul, who directs Haiti's ports, through which the military allegedly allows at least one ton of cocaine to pass each month on its way from Colombia to the U.S., dismissed such a scenario with a chuckle. Actually, he told TIME, the military leadership realized that if Aristide returned, "we likely would have been killed in a bloody civil war. Or we could have done what...