| I ask the nurse for a scribbling pad and a pen and write out a carefully worded resignation. |
| The abrupt about-face followed mounting public opposition, protests calling for her resignation and growing pressure from her own allies. |
| He is to step down as chairman of the institution after artists at the academy called for his resignation. |
| Mr Akayev signed a resignation letter on Monday at the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow. |
| The high tension drama has been accentuated by the minister air dashing to Delhi with the resignation letters. |
| Apparently in thrall to the resignation deadline set by David Trimble, the British government moved towards reintroducing direct rule. |
