Word: ultimatum
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There were early stumbles. After President Bush's Monday ultimatum, MSNBC put up a deadline-countdown clock, as though it were the E! Oscars preshow. And when the first missiles hit, ABC's Peter Jennings was nowhere to be found, hustling onto the set shortly before Bush addressed the nation. As if to redeem itself, the network stayed with the story longer than its rivals. NBC got riveting reports from Baghdad from Arnett, on loan from MSNBC's National Geographic Explorer--he welcomed incoming fire like a bracing morning shower--but anchorman Tom Brokaw should save his sentimental streak...
Earlier this week, students convened in common rooms across the campus and at the Institute of Politics (IOP) to watch the Iraqi conflict unfold. Some students then stayed to discuss Bush’s ultimatum and the consequences of war on Iraq...
...hours ticked down before President Bush’s ultimatum deadline, people from across the University packed into the ARCO Forum last night at 6 p.m. to hear six experts—including faculty members and a high-profile Iraqi dissident—argue about the costs, benefits and other ramifications of invading Iraq...
Gathering around televisions in the ARCO Forum, the Kirkland Junior Common Room and dorm rooms across campus, students expressed polarized opinions about President Bush’s ultimatum to Saddam Hussein last night...
...wait. "Why should we listen to the news?" said Mohammad, a Baghdad taxi driver. "What change can we make to this equation?" Currency traders continued to handicap the war; the dollar shot up in the exchange market from 260 Iraqi dinars to 285 in the hours after Bush's ultimatum...