Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...considered that the present British cabinet is losing power rapidly, and will soon be compelled to resign...
...meeting of the trustees of Colby University at Waterville last night, Rev. Geo. D. B. Pepper, D. D., was unanimously elected president in place of Rev. Dr. J. H. Robins, who is obliged to resign on account of ill-health. Dr. Pepper is a graduate of Amherst, 1857, and Newton Theological Seminary...
...judicial power is vested in a court presided over by a chief justice and two associates. There are also meetings of the general assembly. It reflects rather severely on this system, that if all the officers, save the marshal, the prosecuting attorney and the justices, were to resign, the efficiency of the government would not in the slightest degree be impaired...
...rumor that Gladstone was about to resign is not true; the situation, however, is declared to be serious...
...reported that Mr. Gladstone has determined to resign, on account of the action of the House of Lords concerning an investigation of the land act operations...