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...chief counsel to the special committee on ethics chaired by State Sen. Chester G. Atkins. As counsel, Vorenberg handled the senate's investigation of State Senators Joseph J.C. DiCarlo and Ronald MacKenzie, who had been convicted for extortion earlier in the year. The commission's inquiries forced MacKenzie to resign his seat and led to DiCarlo's expulsion...
Peter Lowber, a taxi-driver and Cambridge resident, made the same point. "I'm not at all surprised," he said, "because all politicians are crooks. They should all resign, and the workers should control the country...
Danehy has promised to pay his back taxes, and for some Cambridge residents, that is enough of an answer. "He should pay them, but he shouldn't resign," said one. "He does his job: I have the fullest confidence...
Grumbach sued, and last month a French court found that he could not be dismissed summarily for his politics. Citing France's work code and its unique clause de conscience, which allows journalists to resign with full severance benefits if a politically hostile owner takes over their publication, the judges awarded Grumbach some $500,000 in back pay and indemnities. The decision sets no precedent under French law, but the size of the award is seen by some journalists as a sign that the courts may be on their side in ideological disputes caused by ownership changes. That...
...that point, the supreme army command announced its neutrality in the country's political dispute and ordered the troops back to their barracks. Support by the military was the only thing propping up the regime of embattled Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar. He had no choice except to resign, thereby clearing the way for Khomeini to transform Iran into an Islamic republic. The Ayatullah issued a statement claiming that "victory is near...