Word: ultimatum
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Anglican bishops met in Tanzania in February to issue an ultimatum to the U.S. church, calling for an end to both the appointment of gay clergy and the approval of same-sex unions. After a six-day meeting in New Orleans, American Episcopalians decided Wednesday that they will "exercise restraint" in doing both actions, but did not announce an end to its liberal position on homosexuality. The Episcopal Church also called for an end to the practice of foreign bishops consecrating Americans...
...Canterbury and the Communion's embattled titular head, who has become somewhat adept at the art of forestalling a schismatic confrontation. Consistent with this goal, Williams, who didn't stay for the final vote, clearly tried to take the pressure off the conference by saying that there was "no ultimatum involved" in the Communion's demand...
...Indeed, until the end Abe continued to beat the foreign-policy drum without acknowledging the primary cause of his dismal approval ratings. On Sept. 9, while hobnobbing with other international leaders at this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney, Japan's Premier laid down a surprising ultimatum: he would resign if parliament did not extend legislation allowing the Japanese navy to refuel American ships supporting military operations in Afghanistan past a Nov. 1 deadline. Abe argued that the DPJ's opposition to the naval commitment would only reinforce Japan's image as an immature global power unwilling...
What Hollywood means by a high-IQ spy thriller is something like The Bourne Ultimatum: a movie with lots of fights and chases, starring a guy who got into Harvard. For the real thing, get the DVD, out Aug. 21, of The Lives of Others, the 2006 German drama that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It reveals espionage as a dirty game that can crush a man and compromise a nation without a single punch. And soon Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's terrific film is to be remade by a U.S. studio...
...moves plausibly through the mayhem, which is what an action film requires. Maybe the climax here doesn't bear comparison with the jaw-droppingly great set pieces in Chan's Dragons Forever or Drunken Master 2 - or, for that matter, with Damon's big fight scene in The Bourne Ultimatum - but it's way more frenetic and cunningly choreographed than the digitally enhanced brawls in most modern action movies...