Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Earlier, Begin had threatened to resign his office should the Cabinet not support his views on the Camp David accords. An informal vote count of that body, however, showed that 40 of its 69 members supported the Prime Minister...
...versatility included, as he admits, a powerful talent for getting fired, and for 'maneuvering himself into situations where honor and restlessness demanded that he resign. He was also good at spending money. The result was that his career continued to take peculiar turns-the commercial fishing venture, for instance-well after he had achieved what for an other man would have been professional security as a flyer and writer...
Both Begin and Sadat face possible strong opposition to the agreements at home. Two members of Begin's 18-man cabinet have said they may resign in protest, and some political observers feel Begin does not have enough support in his Likud coalition to remain Prime Minister...
Scattered fighting was reported from Chinandega, which the guard wrested from the rebels Sunday. There was some shooting overnight in Managua where businessmen vowed to continue a nationwide strike they called August 25 to pressure Somoza to resign...
From his bunker in Managua, Somoza defended the Guard's actions in Matagalpa. The general, a graduate of West Point who speaks English fluently, compared the rebels to "Bronx street gangs-just juvenile delinquents." While admitting that the general strike had grown worse, he insisted he would not resign before his term ends in 1981. To do otherwise, he said, would "betray the aspirations of the people of Nicaragua to live in a free society...