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Rauch, who will graduate this June, circulated an unofficial council-wide poll earlier this month asking whether he should run for the post and resign in April to allow his successor to continue the council's work over the summer...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: UC Ousts Rauch, Picks Rhew | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

Lafontant forced Pascal-Trouillot to resign and named himself provisional President. He told reporters that his putsch had the full backing of the military, blustering that President-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the radical priest chosen by an overwhelming majority last month and scheduled to take office Feb. 7, was a "nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: General Without an Army | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

Then came the real bombshell: "I am resigning." As cries of outrage and surprise sounded through the hall, Shevardnadze waved his hands and added, "Don't react, and don't criticize me. Let this be my personal contribution, my protest against the advance of dictatorship. I believe that to resign is my duty as a man, as a citizen, as a communist. I cannot reconcile myself to what is happening in our country and the trials awaiting our people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Next: A Crackdown - Or a Breakdown? | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...urged that aid be accelerated, arguing that at this critical time for the survival of perestroika Gorbachev needs all the help he can get. But what if the next figure to follow Shevardnadze to a podium and announce that a triumphant right has left him no choice but to resign were Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Next: A Crackdown - Or a Breakdown? | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

Allen's task is to convince the NCR chief that this acquisition would not become another tale from the crypt. Although Exley has threatened to resign if "AT&T succeeds in shooting its way into NCR," analysts think he can be persuaded by a higher price. NCR has indicated a willingness to submit, but at $125 a share (for a $8.5 billion total) rather than the $90 offered by AT&T. Wall Street observers think the two sides will settle at around $105 a share. For its part, AT&T refuses to back down. In a letter to Exley, Allen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reach Out and Grab Someone | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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