He and Ms. Gibbs said the city had to work on making evacuation orders more persuasive to residents who resist calls to leave their homes.
That is because Russia's relatively porous dictatorship effectively encourages those people who dislike the regime most, and have the most capacity to resist it, to leave the country.
But his brief, guarded performance seemed to confirm what friends and aides say is his plan: to resist pressure to leave office sooner and to avoid discussion about the sex scandal that continues to envelop him.
He had resisted calls to leave but was drummed out by younger members, who said his imperious style had contributed to the party's downfall.
Last year, a Tokyo court ordered Benesse, an educational services company, to reinstate a worker who claimed she had been required to do demeaning, menial tasks after resisting pressure to leave.
"If we go home tonight, there's going to be another Freddie Gray in the morning," said Devon Fields, 27, as he and a friend angrily resisted pleas to leave from protesters and politicians alike.
It's understood that the chair and some governors had been resisting pressure to leave their positions, and talks over resolving the stand-off with Hefce have been protracted.
In particular, Turkey's friends and allies abroad should focus their efforts on helping Turkey's political leaders resist any inclination to leave the negotiating table before a settlement is reached.
Multinational corporations also chipped in millions of dollars, and, inevitably, some in their public-affairs departments could not resist the temptation to leave behind a little self-celebrating branding.
Of course, some resist the call to leave from the beginning.
But Ginsburg, the oldest justice on the Court, has vowed to resist the pressure to leave her post.
