Word: resignment
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...autocratic leader of the Columbia Broadcasting System for more than half a century, a major figure in its growth from a fledgling business into a billion-dollar industry. Last week William S. Paley, who will be 81 in two weeks, announced that effective next April 20, he will resign after 37 years as chairman of CBS Inc. Paley told TIME Correspondent Janice Simpson, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, but it came to a point in my mind now, and so I decided to announce...
Kraus will announce in the near future whether he will resign from his University post, or ask lot an extended leave
...that October, Gomulka is reported to have met Khrushchev's threat that he had mobilized his troops with the rejoinder, "So have I." The Soviets backed down, and Gomulka became a national hero. Fourteen years later, riots broke out protesting failing economic policies, and Gomulka was forced to resign after security forces, summoned to squelch the uprising, killed dozens of workers...
Shortly before 9 a.m. one day last week, an expensively dressed gentleman slipped into Brooklyn federal court through a back door. Hands clasped behind him, he stood before Judge Charles Sifton and softly recited his crimes. Then, after pleading guilty, Democratic Congressman Frederick Richmond of Brooklyn agreed to resign immediately from the House of Representatives and not seek reelection to a fifth term...
Following the election, Botha's proposals won the unanimous approval of his party's Natal congress. At a rally for 1,200 supporters in Durban, the Prime Minister challenged Treurnicht to resign his seat so that a by-election could be held in his Waterberg constituency. "Then you will see a hell of a collision," Botha warned. Most important, he pledged that he would not deviate from his reformist views. Said he: "I have chosen my path. It is the path of my conviction, built on justice and fairness. It makes provision for the maintenance of civilized Christian...