Original sentence: "  If the World Bank's board of directors "votes him out," according to Michael Hirsh, in the May 21, 2007 issue of Newsweek, he would be "the first president dismissed in [its] 62-year history...."  By mid-afternoon, Wednesday, May 16, 2007, Steven Weisman reported in The New York Times, according to "bank officials," "After six weeks of fighting efforts to oust him as president...Wolfowitz began today to negotiate the terms of his possible resignation, in return for the bank dropping or softening the charge that he had engaged in misconduct...."  After recent expressions from the Bush administration that it "fully" supported Wolfowitz as World Bank president and its urging a "fair hearing" for him, President Bush has expressed "regret" at Wolfowitz's then-impending resignation.On May 17, 2007, in a statement published on its website, the World Bank's board of Executive Directors announced that Paul Wolfowitz would resign as president of the World Bank Group at the end of June 2007; their statement is followed by a statement from Wolfowitz about his tenure as president and his hopes for the World Bank's future success
Edited sentence: "  If the World Bank's board of directors "votes him out," according to Michael Hirsh, in the May 21, 2007 issue of Newsweek, he would be "the first president dismissed in [its] 62-year history...."  By mid-afternoon, Wednesday, May 16, 2007, Steven Weisman reported in The New York Times, according to "bank officials," "After six weeks of fighting efforts to oust him as president...Wolfowitz began today to negotiate the terms of his possible resignation, in return for the bank dropping or softening the charge that he had engaged in misconduct...."  After recent expressions from the Bush administration that it "fully" supported Wolfowitz as World Bank president and its urging a "fair hearing" for him, President Bush has expressed "regret" at what appears to be Wolfowitz's impending resignation.On May 17, 2007, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to resign at the end of June, bank directors announced in a written statement