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...Sitting in his office Friday afternoon, the chief of staff pronounced himself vindicated by the Tower report: "1,250 lines on 'What Was Wrong' and I'm mentioned in 15, less than 2%," he declared. He confided to TIME Correspondents David Beckwith and Barrett Seaman that he planned to resign Monday, on his own schedule. But he was clearly unsettled. No, he didn't know who his successor would be, and no, he hadn't been invited to a Reagan summit that night to discuss presidential strategy...
...reporters exited, National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci entered Regan's office and told him that Howard Baker would be the new chief. The story is leaking, Carlucci explained. Stripped of his last attempt to leave with a modicum of dignity, Regan angrily dictated a one-sentence letter of resignation -- "Dear Mr. President: I hereby resign as Chief of Staff to the President of the United States" -- and had it messengered down the hall to the Oval Office. Too late, the President finally called. After a strained exchange, Regan put on his coat and walked...
Weinberger, who has served as Secretary ofDefense throughout the Reagan Administration, saidhe has no plans to resign. But he said that he isunsure how long he will remain in his post at theDefense Department. "We don't have tenure, and godknows I don't want it," said the Harvard graduate
Harvard Nobel physicist Carlo Rubbia threatened to resign earlier this month after his colleague and fellow Nobel Laureate Sheldon L. Glashow praised a controversial book which criticizes him, a source close to Rubbia said yesterday...
However, several professors and staff members in the Physics Department said they had heard Rubbia threatened to resign. Glashow refused to comment on whether Rubbia had threatened to resign but added that such action would be in character for his colleague...