Word: resignment
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...hawkish groups that insists on retaining the occupied territories, is led by a right-wing former Irgun terrorist, Menachem Begin. Hospitalized last month by a heart attack, Begin, 63, will miss the campaigning. Ironically, many voters who detest Begin might be drawn to Likud if he were to resign as the leader. But since he has no logical successor, the coalition could fall apart...
...signer of his wife's illicit bank account. His wife Leah, however, was formally indicted; if found guilty, she could be fined up to $63,000 and sentenced to three years in prison. Although he quit as Labor candidate for Israel's top job, Rabin could not resign office immediately; as head of a caretaker government, he was bound by law to stay on until a new government is formed after the May 17 elections. Sensitive to the situation, Attorney General Aharon Barak suggested a loophole in the law that would allow a caretaker to step down...
When Thoreau continues to press influential Emerson to crusade against the war, Emerson finally turns to Thoreau and says, "And what are you doing about it young man? You pull the woods up over your head. You resign from the human race...
Last week, Keenan announced that he will not resign the RSKU post if the Board of Overseers confirms him as the new GSAS dean. "I don't think the position at RSKU will conflict with my work as graduate school dean. If it does, I'll drop the Iranian post," Keenan said, somewhat short-sightedly. What Keenan fails to realize is that his involvement with the Shah's regime runs in opposition to the spirit of free inquiry on which this University--unlike its Iranian counterpart--was founded...
...third largest (after Unilever and Nestlé) food processor. Extending his empire, he then purchased Grand Union, the U.S. supermarket chain. Two years ago, he became chairman of Slater, Walker Securities Ltd. when his friend Jim Slater, because of some freewheeling deals in the Far East, was forced to resign-driving one of the hottest investment companies of the 1960s to near collapse...