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...loan to the Presidential Counsellor's wife that Meese failed to disclose. Thomas' employer: the San Francisco office of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which is supposed to guard against favoritism in the hiring and promotion of Government employees. Schroeder demanded that Board Chairman Herbert Ellingwood resign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Accounts | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...Calvinist seminary. He failed, but after King William III nullified the College Charter in 1697, the debate began in the legislature. Mather continued to try to block non-Congregationalists from serving on the Corporation but still failed to have his wishes put in writing. Ultimately he was forced to resign...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Empire Building | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...stinketh and we cannot eat thereof." For inciting the ensuing demonstration, Dunbar was demoted by the Faculty, but the students rallied behind him and agreed to boycott breakfast. The Corporation and Overseers conceded that the butter was rotten, but they insisted that the students apologize for their insubordination or resign. They apologized...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Empire Building | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...plates with the number 10000. Last week the sleek sedan shared space next to city hall with a moving van. After nearly ten years in office, during which he was praised for revitalizing the city and tainted by the corruption that surrounded him, the effervescent mayor was forced to resign because of a felony conviction: he received a suspended five-year prison sentence for assaulting a man he claimed was having an affair with his estranged wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime and Punishment | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...American Ballet Theater, its new million-dollar Cinderella is a crucial venture. In the past year, A.B.T. has been shaken by deficits, and in the consequent scuffles between the board of directors and management, Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov offered with some asperity to resign. The troupe set out on its national tour last December with a lot to prove to creditors, audiences and itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Cinderella Goes Modern | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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