Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great figure had emerged, Stanley Baldwin. But his ultimatum to the strikers - that negotiations with them could not be resumed until the strike was called off - made it necessary that before he could become the - at least temporary - national hero, an unofficial mediator should be found...
...Franco-Spanish peace negotiations with the Riffian Foreign Wazir (Minister), Si Mohammed Azarkhan (TIME, May 10), were abruptly terminated last week when the Riffian Sultan, Mohammed Ben Abd-El-Krim, rejected a 48-hour Franco-Spanish ultimatum which demanded that he and his people acknowledge the sovereignty of the Franco-Spanish puppet Sultan of Morocco, Mulai Yusef, who resides...
...Franco-Spanish "ultimatum" was despatched through the loquacious Wazir to Abd-El-Krim...
Although hitherto they have been completely unorganized, they recently discovered the advantages to be gained from collective bargaining. They presented their ultimatum yesterday afternoon, threatening to tie up delivery of the morning edition indefinitely if their demands are not granted. The strike is based on the claim that their wages have not been increased in measure with the rise in the cost of living...
Having now delivered myself of this ultimatum, let me proceed to do my reviewing. And let me say now that I am not afflicted with indigestion. I have tried to judge clearly and dispassionately...