Mrs. Pastern undertook the work of going from house to house with the thoughtless resignation of an honest and traditional laborer.

* 1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

Paul Kolton was named as president of the exchange in 1971, making him the first person to be selected from within the exchange to serve as its leader, succeeding Ralph S. Saul, who announced his resignation in March 1971.

Bell took great exception to these attempts to supersede his voting discretion, and requests issued from Nashville for his resignation.

( As a side effect, this provision means that MPs seeking to resign from parliament can get around the age-old prohibition on resignation by obtaining a low-salary sinecure in the pay of the Crown ; while several offices have been used for this purpose, two are currently in use.

Conservative Oklahoma state legislators reacted by demanding Hill's resignation from the university, then introducing a bill to prohibit the university from accepting donations from out-of-state residents, and finally attempting to pass legislation to close down the law school.

Both these charges were later found to be considerably lacking in evidence ; nevertheless Pike, facing arrest, escaped into the hills of Arkansas, sending his resignation from the Confederate Army on July 12.

Following Zuma's accession to the ANC leadership in 2007 and Mbeki's resignation as president in 2008, the Mbeki faction of former ministers led by Mosiuoa Lekota split away from the ANC to form the Congress of the People.

* David Mellor resignation after press disclosure of his affair with Antonia de Sancha and gratis holiday from a daughter of a PLO official ( 1992 )

The official explanation for his resignation was " to grant the request of Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers G. M. Malenkov to be released from the duties of the Party Central Committee ".

The allegations of seatbelt failure resulted in Bill Simpson's resignation from the company bearing his name, which manufactured the seatbelts used in Earnhardt's car and nearly every other NASCAR driver's car.

The Columbia trustees refused to accept his resignation in December 1950, when he took leave from the university to become the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), and was given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.

Terms of peace, including a voluntary abdication, were agreed upon with Titus Flavius Sabinus II, but the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard — the imperial bodyguard — considered such a resignation disgraceful, and prevented Vitellius from carrying out the treaty.

In 1989, reports commissioned by the Personnel Security Research and Education Center ( PERSEREC ), an arm of the Pentagon, were discovered in the process of Joseph Steffan's lawsuit fighting his forced resignation from the U. S. Naval Academy.

On 1 June 2002 Baresi was officially appointed as director of football at Fulham, but tensions between Baresi and then Fulham manager Jean Tigana led to resignation from the club in August.

Following the resignation of Díaz from the presidency on the 25th May 1911 after the signing of the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez, Madero became the highest political leader of the country.

" He shocked the Council with his surprise resignation and then delivered a dramatic speech to Theodosius asking to be released from his offices.

By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had transformed Heineken from a brand that was known chiefly in the Netherlands to a brand that is currently famous worldwide.

According to the Italian Constitution, after his resignation from the office of President, Cossiga became lifetime senator, joining his predecessors in the upper house of parliament, with whom he also shared the title of President Emeritus of the Italian Republic.

Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the governor, or absence from the state, the lieutenant governor would take on the governor's duties and powers.

" He shocked the Council with his surprise resignation and then delivered a dramatic speech to Theodosius asking to be released from his offices.

Though this has never been proven, many observers in the press and academia believe that the US has not provided convincing answers to several of the more suspicious details surrounding the coup, such as the circumstances under which the US obtained Aristide's purported letter of " resignation " ( as presented by the US ) which, translated from Kreyol, does not actually read as a resignation.

Some jurisdictions also permit the board of directors to appoint directors, either to fill a vacancy which arises on resignation or death, or as an addition to the existing directors.

At a board meeting in fall 2001, Turner's outburst against AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin eventually led to the latter's announced resignation effective in early 2002, being replaced by Richard Parsons.

It turned out that the Arthur Andersen board passed a resolution saying he had to resign if he didn't get at least an incremental US $ 4 billion ( either through negotiation or via the arbitrator decision ) for the consulting practice to split off, hence his quick resignation once the decision was announced.

On the same day of his announcement, honorary member Hans Wiegel called for the resignation of the board, because it could not keep Verdonk in the party.

After a period of negotiations which included the unrelated resignation of one member of the board, a slate of 5 new directors was elected on August 28, 2009 to replace the previous board.

It must be assumed the majority of the village board supported their President's position and convinced him to withdraw his resignation, but the issue would be sensitive to some for many years to come.

In October 2005 chief executive Stephen Hill announced his resignation when the board decided not to proceed with plans for a stock market flotation, the investors holding out for a higher valuation.

When the board of directors rejected Disney's request for an extension of his term as board member, he announced his resignation on November 30, 2003, citing " serious differences of opinion about the direction and style of management " in the company.

The Law for the Elimination of Excessive Economic Concentration ( passed in December 1947 ) provided for the dissolution of any company considered to be monopolistic, In addition, the “ law on the expulsion of Zaibatsu-affiliated controls ” of January 1948 enforced the resignation of Zaibatsu board members who were related closely to Zaibatsu families, while a measure was taken to ban on holding the concurrent board posts of their affiliated companies.

For example: a turf war erupted between street gangs ; the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors.

Although many other airlines had similar retention bonus arrangements, several AMR board members — most notably University of Oklahoma president David L. Boren -- called for Carty's resignation.

His resignation was accepted at a June 21 board meeting.

In 1919 eight Crescent Heights teachers wrote the school board requesting an investigation into Aberhart's work ; the resulting inspection led to the transfer of three male teachers — with whom Aberhart had a particularly poor rapport — to other schools, and stated that persisting problems would lead to a request for Aberhart's resignation.

The board voted ten to five to accept Brower's resignation.

Johnny Hon was also to rejoin the board as vice-chairman after John Howard's resignation on conflict of interests grounds ( owing to his ownership of Bideawhile 445 Ltd, United's landlords ).

* Michael Mooney-President of the College for 14 years until his resignation in 2003 after reports surfaced in the media of a $ 10. 5 million loss from an investment made outside full knowledge of the board of trustees.

Case announced his resignation as chairman in January 2003, although he remained on the company's board of directors for almost three more years.

On 21 April 2008, Cork Airport Authority chairman, Joe Gantly, announced his resignation effective from the end of July 2008 by which time he had completed five years service with the board.

It turned out that the Arthur Andersen board passed a resolution saying he had to resign, if he didn't get at least an incremental $ 4 billion ( either through negotiation or via the arbitrator decision ) for the consulting practice to split off ; hence his quick resignation once the decision was announced.

Their improved development of the Maxim gun design, the Vickers machine gun, after Maxim's resignation from the board in 1911 on his 71st birthday, was the standard British machine gun for many years.