Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publicly besought him to do everything which would make possible the formation of a "National Coalition Cabinet" strong enough to bulwark Rumania in the event of the sovereign's sudden death. Since the first thing which Premier Averescu would have to do to bring this about would be to resign, his swart face darkened, and some reporters claimed that he did not reply to the King's appeal...
...figment of the imaginations of other newspapermen. At a White House press conference last month, the correspondents sought to pry from the President substantiation for a rumor that Secretary Kellogg was to resign, that Mr. Hoover would succeed him. Nettled by insistent insinuations, the President answered sharply that Mr. Kellogg was not resigning and that, in any case, Mr. Hoover would not succeed him. Pining for a sensation, the correspondents rushed off and filled the press for days with one of their favorite words? "slap." The President, they reiterated, had "slapped at" Secretary of Commerce Hoover. The President at first...
...Annoyed by persistent rumors, the President let it be known that his Cabinet is not split on the Chinese problem, that Secretary of State Kellogg has the situation well in hand and is not going to resign. Furthermore, said the President, even if Secretary Kellogg should resign, Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover will not be appointed to succeed...
...request for the resignation of patrolmen Gordon, Culhane, Pryor and Toomey, was the result of a personal interview held on Saturday between President Lowell and Chief McBride of the Cambridge police. Gordon and Pryor officially refused to resign, and Culhane and Toomey, when interviewed, said that they planned to do likewise...
...took place over two months ago on February 12. Chief McBride replied that he was not in a position to discharge the men but that he would tell them of President Lowell's request. Later in the day he saw two of the patrolmen, both of whom refused to resign and the other two, when interviewed stated that they had no intentions of giving up their positions...