Word: ultimatum
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...tight deadlines and to the same goal as its predecessor - persuading Iran to abandon uranium enrichment, even for peaceful purposes. That combination of factors was clear in the fate of the Tehran Research Reactor fuel deal, which Obama's own deadline had turned into a kind of last-chance ultimatum...
...Bold U.S. proposals are unlikely to be welcomed by the Israelis, but "baby steps" won't work for the Palestinians - in fact, Abbas is sending Obama a now-or-never ultimatum, warning him to crack the whip on Israel or lose his Palestinian partner. Levy agrees that putting a U.S. peace plan on the table now would be a bad idea - but that's because the timing is bad. That's why he recommends a familiar course of action to an Administration becoming accustomed to foreign policy setbacks: For now, says Levy, the Administration would be well advised to subject...
...Panicky) Spirit of '76 In her article on swine flu, Amanda Ripley ignores the U.S. government's ambitious campaign to vaccinate the country against swine flu during the 1976 scare [Oct. 5]. This debacle resulted in decades of study on the wisdom of mass-vaccination campaigns and the ultimatum from swine-flu-vaccine makers - agreed to by the U.S. government in June - that they must be granted immunity from lawsuits. The 1976 campaign saw expensive lawsuits against the government from the families of the 25 people who died and the 500 or so who were partly paralyzed by Guillain-Barr...
...state of Washington, the State Nurses Association, which in general supports vaccinations, is suing a local health system over its decision to make the flu shot a condition of employment, while dozens of New Yorkers went to the state capital in September to protest the new immunization ultimatum. (See what you need to know about the H1N1 vaccine...
...Organization of American States (OAS) delegation and trying to shut down constitutional rights in Honduras. He even gave Lula until early next week to declare how long Brazil intends to harbor Zelaya or risk unspecified measures against the embassy. Lula shot back that Brazil won't "respond to an ultimatum from a government of coup mongers." But, says Michael Shifter, vice president of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C., "Brazil is discovering what Obama's been up against there...