Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President Ospina was more worried about the state of his nation than the chances of his party. While the parties' jefes (leaders) averted their eyes, he sternly gave them an ultimatum: unless they took it upon themselves to quiet things down, the government would declare a state of siege-which could mean a postponement of the June election...
...Good Spanking. Well before wrathful Sancho's ultimatum expired, Serrano penned him an abject note of apology: "I confirm all my profound esteem of you as a founder of the Falange and as a man." Honor satisfied and the duel off, Sancho still growled: "Serrano talks too much. He will step on my feet again. Next time I will not send friends. I will call on him myself ... I was not after a letter of apology or a duel. We do not fight duels any more in Spain. What I wanted was a good solid pretext to give Serrano...
...long as it could, the Administration had avoided going to war with its own Southerners over civil rights. It had wanted to get the rest of the Fair Deal in the works first. But this week President Harry Truman issued his ultimatum: meet the Southerners head...
...government-very like the charges against Cardinal Mindszenty. While Bishop Ordass was in jail, the Communists had repeatedly tried to make him resign his office. He refused. Recently, Lutheran Bishop Zoltan Thuroczy-who wants to play along with the Reds-visited Ordass in his cell and delivered a Communist ultimatum: either Ordass resigns, or Communist Boss Rakosi puts the Lutheran Church under complete state control, with a government commissioner in charge. Last week Ordass still held...
Before starting out for more money, Barnard took steps to live within its present income. Resident students (about a third of the total) got a polite ultimatum: do your own housekeeping chores or pay more rent. The girls voted to do the chores. At the same time they were told that Dean Millicent Carey Mclntosh was taking an informal leave of absence, would put in her time scouting...