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...superior force was decisive. During Watergate, the U.S. went through its most serious political crisis in the 20th century without any bloodshed. Richard Nixon's illegal abuses of power led to congressional hearings, court trials and Supreme Court decisions. By these constitutional processes, he was forced to resign. The system, it was said, worked. In his memoirs, Henry Kissinger added a bizarre footnote. Nixon's chief deputy, Al Haig, once warned Kissinger that "it may be necessary to put in the 82nd Airborne Division around the White House" to protect the President should he seek to stay...
...demonstrators gathered in Manila's Post Office Square last Wednesday were commemorating another event: the unexplained assassination exactly one month earlier of opposition leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr. The throng shouted antigovernment slogans and cheered as speaker after speaker called on Marcos, 66, to resign after 17 years of rule. The rally ended peacefully in the late afternoon, but by evening things had turned ugly. Several thousand angry students and left-wing militants converged on Mendiola Bridge, site of violent clashes 13 years ago, where they encountered a phalanx of riot police. In the ensuing battle, ten people died...
...phone call meant that Shamir, 67, would almost certainly succeed Menachem Begin, who announced on Aug. 28 that he planned to resign as Prime Minister of Israel. Shamir, who had been chosen to be leader of the Likud bloc when Begin stepped down, had managed to secure the support of all 64 members of Begin's outgoing coalition. Israeli law required Herzog to consult with representatives of parties in the Knesset, but there was never much doubt that he would ultimately ask Shamir to form the new government...
...words, in foiling the President's recent efforts to improve the Administration's image among women and minorities. The gaffe has prompted a flurry of vitriolic criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, culminating in the proposal of a Senate Resolution urging the President to request Watt to resign...
Dawkins insists that "in no way was I disillusioned with the Army." The decision to resign was a "fork in the road," he says, that turned into "a very busy intersection" with many job offers. Investment banking had a special allure, one that Dawkins believes offers an opportunity to develop a variety of expert skills. His friends predict that he will establish the obligatory Wall Street base and then go into politics. He leans to the Republican side, though he maintains close contact with the Kennedy clan. Says Dawkins: "I am very serious about doing something with my life...