Word: resigned
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...business and consumer borrowing that began at about midsummer. But in both his congressional testimony and statements to reporters, Volcker left no doubt that the Fed intends to continue "consistently and unambiguously" to restrain money and credit. Not only did he strongly deny reports that he was planning to resign before his term expires in 1983, but he pointedly punctured hopes for a brightening economic outlook ahead. Said he: "We'll have a sustained recovery only when we have the inflation rate coming down...
...scandal is the country's biggest since the Lockheed bribery fiasco that forced President Giovanni Leone to resign two years ago. It has already brought almost 100 arrests, and has cast suspicion on the martyred figure of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Reason: his right-hand man, Sereno Freato, 52, has been questioned about accumulating $17 million worth of investment properties during four years when he declared only $7,500 in annual taxable income. In addition, the scandal has also given the Communists and other opposition groups ammunition against the five-week-old government of Christian Democratic Prime Minister...
Several considerations may be involved in judges' decisions to resign. Some have left to take top posts in the Executive Branch, among them FBI Director William Webster and Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler. Others have cited such reasons as a burgeoning case load, understaffing and the staleness known as "the judicial blahs." But economic woes are considered by far the most pressing. In 1969, when trial judges were earning $40,000 and appeals court judges $42,500, there were few complaints. But over the past eleven years, the cost of living has surged 131% while salaries have risen only...
...union's executive board reacted vehemently--how could HUERA expect to win a case with the NLRB if the union's president supported Harvard's position? The governing board demanded his resignation, and Crockett says he told the governing board, "I'll resign if you want me to." He never signed a paper declaring he had resigned, but later changed his mind. HUERA filed suit in an effort to get an injunction barring him from conducting union business. Crockett defended himself, and the suit was thrown out of court...
...union's last election held in February of 1979, recalls a conversation he had with Crockett this spring. "We were talking about the University, and Charlie said to me, 'Harvard is too tough--you can't fight 'em, you've gotta join 'em.' I said, 'Why don't you resign then?' He said, 'You just don't understand...