Word: accomplies
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...left the Israelis with only a tantalizing toe hold in Jerusalem. The Arab Legion held the Old City. Since then, the U.N. in three separate resolutions has urged that the entire city be internationalized. But as the Israelis learned during their war for independence, one fait accompli is worth a dozen U.N. resolutions. They set out to make the toe hold a foothold...
...sponsors of this amendment have purposely chosen the harder way--going through the state legislatures--because of public disinterest in State House affairs. With the least amount of publicity, sponsors hope to nudge the amendment through the necessary number of state legislatures and present the public with a fait accompli. In many cases, legislators have been as hoodwinked as their constituents. In Kentucky, the bill was voted before it ever appeared on the legislative docket. In Massachusetts it passed unnoticed in the last minute rush at the end of the 1941 session...
Somehow, though, news of the policy changes Yale was considering leaked to the Eli undergraduate radio station; the Yale Daily News, the college daily, checked the story with Hall and confronted with a fait accompli, he decided to spill everything Yale intended to do. This was unpleasant for Yale because it hadn't lined up a single other Ivy Group college to go along...
...Argentine had thought that such a thing could happen in his country, said La Nation. "Nevertheless, we find ourselves confronted with a fait accompli. A great voice has been silenced. But its echo will continue vibrating in the hearts of all those who love liberty." Though the authorities might take over La Prensa's assets, they could never acquire "its intellectual prestige, its public confidence . . . We must believe that the independent truth and devotion to the national interest which always distinguished La Prensa of yesterday will return again to be respected and blessed in La Prensa of tomorrow...
...eighth parallel before receiving U.N. authorization. A final push to the Yalu River, which would have put American troops right on the border, was an ill-advised move at a time when Chinese Communists were on their way to the U.N. They would have been faced with a fait accompli had they held back their troops, and their bargaining position would have been badly weakened. Therefore they launched an offensive, which so far shows little sign of slowing down...