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Boesky may have to go to jail. But in all likelihood his biggest trouble may come from coping with a societal snub, when he will have to resign from prestigious boards and clubs. But even this will probably be short-lived, as money always seems to make friends and influence people...

Author: By William H. Berkman, | Title: Getting Away With Murder | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

...October 15, 1985--Three members of the faculty committee that oversees the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, which Safran directs, call on the professor to resign. In the wake of revelations that the CIA will fund a conference on Islamic fundamentalism, many scholars, including several from the Middle East, withdraw from the two-day event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NADAV SAFRAN: A Case Study | 11/19/1986 | See Source »

...White House will soon have a chance to add a new member to the ranks of the Reaganites. Rice plans to resign at the end of the year, leaving only Volcker and Wallich as holdovers from the pre-Reagan era. The chairman's term ends next August, and the betting is that he will not seek reappointment to head what is increasingly becoming the Reagan Federal Reserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Looser Fed | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

LAST WEEK THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD forced an elected student representative to resign from the Undergraduate Council. The student--an author of last spring's prank that caused the University computer system to print out "This computer test sucks" continuously during the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement test--is on disciplinary probation and is thus prohibited from participating in "extracurricular activities." However, applying that prohibition to the Undergraduate Council is innappropriate and sets a dangerous precedent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Administrative Fiat | 11/12/1986 | See Source »

...plans. If I am asked to resign, I'll have to consult the people who asked me to represent them in the government. First, the record must show that Mrs. Aquino did not in fact give me a job. I was holding the position before she took her oath of office. Second, I was holding a position even higher than that of Minister of Defense. We were in control of the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enrile: I Am Not Speaking Out of Turn | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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