Word: resignation
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...Milwaukee, Wis., are using tax dollars to attend private schools, and Florida is poised to adopt the nation's first statewide program. Texas, New Mexico and Pennsylvania may follow. In New York City, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is thinking of introducing vouchers, though his schools' chancellor has threatened to resign if the mayor does. Privately funded voucher programs have sprung up in an additional 39 cities, and this week the largest such program in the U.S., founded by Wal-Mart scion John Walton and financier Ted Forstmann, is scheduled to award scholarships of as much as $1,600 each...
Seven presidents have since served the institution, averaging tenures of 17 years. Linda S. Wilson announced her intention to resign in June. Harvard and Radcliffe officials announced jointly that a new Radcliffe Institute will be led by a dean who reports to the University president...
January 1999: Director of Communications Lyn Chamberlin and RPPI Administrative Director Susan Shefte resign within a week of one another...
...York's police headquarters in the past two weeks. The protests are designed to pressure the police department--and especially Mayor Rudolph Giuliani--into addressing racism and brutality in the ranks. And New York City public advocate Mark Green last week called on Police Commissioner Howard Safir to resign, saying Safir has failed to deal adequately with the allegations against his department...
...Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who can hardly contain his excitement: "We have a great opportunity because our odds are exponentially increased by open seats. In 1998, Democrats won 11 of the 18 competitive seats available. Moreover, several of the Republican incumbents who have signed the pledge to resign in 2000 represent districts that President Clinton carried in 1996, among them Tom Coburn, Jack Metcalf and George Nethercutt...