Word: resignment
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What has hurt Mulroney the most has been a steady stream of scandals involving members of his government. Mulroney had barely taken office when then Defense Minister Robert Coates was forced to resign after an Ottawa newspaper revealed that he had visited a West German strip club and shared a drink with an "exotic dancer." Eight months later Mulroney's Fisheries Minister was forced out for allowing tainted tuna to be sold to Canadian consumers. Mulroney's Communications Minister resigned from the Cabinet while the Royal Canadian Mounted Police looked into irregularities in his campaign spending, then returned after...
...improprieties have continued. Early last month Junior Transportation Minister Andre Bissonnette became the sixth member of Mulroney's Cabinet to resign under fire, quitting after he was implicated in a land deal that saw the value of a piece of Quebec real estate triple in eleven days. A fortnight ago several Quebec Conservatives were implicated in an influence-peddling case involving government contracts. A seventh Cabinet member, Minister of State Roch LaSalle, resigned last week after it was revealed that he had been the guest of honor at a dinner at which guests paid $5,000 apiece for the privilege...
Upton, who has acted as an assistant dean for the past six years, said she decided to resign because she wants to "look around and see what other things are available...
...million in aid that was granted to the contras last year. To win release of the final $40 million, the Administration must assure lawmakers that the current rebel leadership is representative of Nicaragua's democratic opposition, even as two of the movement's three directors are threatening to resign. "As things stand now, we can't certify that the leadership is what it should be," says an Administration official. "It's a very, very serious problem...
...Force. Cruz and Robelo say Calero has ignored them and undercut their attempts to democratize the movement. Cruz recently told TIME that the UNO chiefs were not "spokesmen for the people" but rather a "cluster of bickering leaders." In Costa Rica, Robelo reportedly told U.S. officials that he would resign unless Calero and his cronies were ousted...