Facing near-certain impeachment in the House of Representatives and a strong possibility of a conviction in the Senate, Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974.

Facing the possibility of life imprisonment, the latter agreed for his testimony against Almeida in exchange for a shorter sentence, which ended up being 33 months.

Facing the possibility of time in prison, Castellano announced that Thomas Gambino would become acting boss in Castellano's absence, with Bilotti as acting underboss to replace the ailing Dellacrocce.

Facing the possibility of juvenile hall, Franco was given a second chance by the judge.

Facing the void and the possibility of nothingness are the indispensable counterparts of this quest for the eternal.

Facing an increasingly indifferent market for his work, and the collapse of his U. S. distributor, Campbell ended his publishing imprint in 2003 after releasing the second issue of Egomania.

Facing up to 130 years in prison, Ressam began cooperating with investigators after his conviction pursuant to a June 23, 2001, cooperation agreement that he entered into with the U. S. government.

Facing comparable facts, the Fifth Circuit struck down Texas's sex toy ban holding that " morality is an insufficient justification for a statute " and " interests in ' public morality ' cannot constitutionally sustain the statute after Lawrence.

Dunayevskaya and her supporters eventually formed the News and Letters Committees in 1955 after splitting with CLR James, who was deported from the USA to Britain from where he continued to advise the Correspondence Publishing Committee, which split again in 1962, with those loyal to CLR James taking the name Facing Reality.

Facing up to three years in prison and apparently shamed after he was forced to testify in court about the secret money transfer days earlier, he committed suicide on August 4, 2003 by leaping from his 12th floor office.

Facing dwindling finances, the pair returned to Kansas City within two years after Skip Harlow issued the ultimatum that they return or he would disinherit her.

Facing financial difficulties after 1478, Lorenzo il Magnifico plundered the Popolani boys ' inheritance with " forced loans ".

Facing a downturn in motorcycle sales due to the increase in the popularity of automobiles after the war, Gilera made a gentleman's agreement with the other Italian motorcycle makers to quit Grand Prix racing after the 1957 season as a cost-cutting measure.

Facing a determined effort to deny him this seat due to the hostility of his enemies, he was permitted to address the legislature in his defense, after which the Michigan House of Representatives voted twice ( first unanimously, then a second time by a 49 – 11 margin ) to allow " King Strang " to join them.

Goldstone has written forewords to books including Martha Minow's Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence ( ISBN 978-0-8070-4507-7 ) and War Crimes: The Legacy of Nuremberg ( ISBN 978-0-8133-4406-5 ), which examines the political and legal influence of the Nuremberg trials on contemporary war crime proceedings.

Facing a challenge for the leadership of Kadima from Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, on 30 July 2008, Olmert announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader and that he would resign from his position as Prime Minister immediately after a new Kadima leader was named.

Facing Parke was a strong Confederate position dominated by Fort Mahone ( named after Maj. Gen. William Mahone ) and manned by the forces of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon.

Facing internal pressure to resign, in October 1987 Sir Joh announced he would step down in 1988 after hosting Expo ' 88.

Facing the Maraton stand, at the opposite side, is the " Fenerium " stand ( named after the official chain of Fenerbahçe merchandise stores ) with an all-seated capacity of 15, 000 and the luxurious " 1907 " zone.

Facing Heraklion, the door is named Kastrini, after Kastro.

* Facing 60 years in US prison after hacking into Pentagon

" Facing Hell was published shortly after his death and is largely autobiographical, though also containing a paper Wenham published in regard to the doctrines of conditional immortality and the limited temporal nature of hell.

Facing continued loss of market share to the trucking industry, the railroad industry and its unions were forced to ask the federal government for deregulation.

Another woman who was interviewed by Helen Watson, a sociologist, reported that, " Facing up to the crime and having to deal with it in public is probably worse than suffering in silence.

Facing the same situation in 2005, with Blaylock gone and Holmes having gone down with a season-ending neck injury in early November, Johnson stepped up, and on November 20 against the Houston Texans ran for a Chiefs ' record 211 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

In April / May 2008, Facing South drew widespread attention for breaking the story about illegal and allegedly deceptive election practices by Women's Voices Women Vote, a non-profit group in Washington, D. C. with close ties to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.

Facing a trial at the local court of Bar, he was found guilty of disturbance of peace, the appeal was rejected and he received a restraint order banning him approach to the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Facing a free-kick 25 yards out during the 1974 World Cup finals match against Brazil, defender Mwepu Ilunga, upon hearing the referee blow his whistle, ran out of the Zaire wall and kicked the ball upfield, for which he received a yellow card.

Facing increased competition in the rum market from the now international brand Havana Club, the company concluded that it was important for sales to associate its rum with Cuba.

Facing increasing competition from China and South Korea, manufacturing in Japan today now focuses primarily on high-tech and precision goods, such as optical equipment, hybrid cars, and robotics.

Facing little opposition from the fractured Federalist Party, Monroe was easily elected president in 1816, winning over 80 percent of the electoral vote and becoming the last president during the First Party System era of American politics.

Facing leadership challenges from the " Forward " group, Lenin usurped the all-Party Congress of the RSDLP in 1912, to seize control of it and make it an exclusively Bolshevik party loyal to his leadership.

Facing starvation and disease from the prolonged siege, Athens surrendered in 404 BC, and its allies soon surrendered as well.

** Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America by Daniel K. Richter

Facing the audience, he claps his hands and then performs the leg-stomping shiko exercise to drive evil spirits from the dohyō as the gyōji, or referee, who will coordinate the bout announces the wrestlers ' names once more.

Facing pressure from Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Walker resigned from office on September 1, 1932, and promptly fled for Europe until the danger of criminal prosecution appeared remote.

* Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 ).

* Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 ).

Facing the Piazza Grande ( a UNESCO World Heritage Site ), the Town Hall of Modena was put together in the 17th-18th centuries from several pre-existing edifices built from 1046 as municipal offices.

Facing its own fiscal problems and intense pressure from stockholders, Kmart spun off Borders in a highly structured stock-purchase plan.

Facing the Thames, at the end of Lonsdale Road, The Bull's Head pub is known as the suburban Ronnie Scott's and was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain from the postwar years onward.

Facing attacks from the Union forces who tried to return to their fortification, Lea managed to secure seventy-five Federal wagons and cotton carts, all of which he dispatched to Shreveport.

Facing the end of their way of life, the local population had little choice but to seek assistance from the missions and convert to Christianity.

File: Istachatta-WST Facing South. jpg | The Withlacoochee State Trail facing south from the Magnon Drive crossing in Istachatta.

Facing annihilation from English attacks and epidemics of new infectious diseases, the Androscoggins started to emigrate to Quebec around 1669.

* Articles and essays from web site of David R. Blumenthal ( Professor of Judaic Studies at Emory University and author of Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest )

David R. Blumenthal in his book " Facing the Abusing God " ( 1993 ) has drawn on data from the field of child abuse and has proposed " worship of God through protest " as a legitimate response of survivors of both the Holocaust and child abuse.

Facing criticism from the pro-democracy camp, Lau Kong-wah of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong ( DAB ) defended their actions, saying " t is totally acceptable in a parliamentary assembly.

Facing serious charges, suspended from the force and rejected by his friends and colleagues, including Roenick's widow, a frustrated Roman storms into Niebaum's office and, in the ensuing chaos, takes Niebaum and several others hostage, including Niebaum's administrative assistant Maggie ( Siobhan Fallon ), police commander Grant Frost ( Ron Rifkin ), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons ( Paul Giamatti ).

Facing east ; towards the City of London, from Waterloo Bridge.