Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...magazine-all four of them prominent trade union officials-were arrested on charges of "malfeasance, Trotskyism and sabotage." The Council further charged the trade unions as a whole with neglecting their main duty, the social welfare of the worker-supervising sanatoriums, sick benefits, old age benefits.* A Stalin-inspired ultimatum thundered that the trade unions must be overhauled, converted into thoroughgoing "Schools of Communism...
...Eire, the old Irish name for Ireland, will be adopted not only for the Irish Free State but for "the whole of Ireland and its islands and territorial seas." Since Northern Ireland is still part of the United Kingdom, those Irish who are loyal to King George considered this ultimatum highly presumptuous. For 14 years President de Valera has felt confident that partitioned Ireland will be reunited eventually and his constitution looks forward to that happy day. Until it dawns, "Eire" will be identified for legislative purposes with the present Irish Free State...
...Hard-shelled Joe Ryan's inter-union wars threatened another serious strike before the week was out. His union served an ultimatum demanding jurisdiction over the contract loading of all railroad freight for lighterage about New York Harbor. The Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks which had controlled part of this work promptly countered with a set of demands upon the railroads, threatened a strike of 25,000 freight and express handlers, ticket sellers and railway station employes that would tie up railroad service in the whole New York City area. A serious strike depriving 7,000,000 people...
...apparently complete enjoyment of life the many reports concerning her attractive personality. In the course of an interview which lasted from 7 to 2 o'clock last night, all of which could hardly be classed as strict interviewing, Miss Niesen never faltered even when suddenly accosted by the dastardly ultimatum. "Anything you say may be used against you." The reply was "Ohy, Goodie!" followed by that infectious chortle...
...holes, they waited day after day for General Franco's main body on the other side of the Manzanares River to come to their aid. General José Miaja, Leftist commander in central Spain, by loudspeakers ordered the trapped Rightists to surrender or be annihilated. They received the ultimatum with grim defiance, and by week's end were still holding their ground, besieged within a siege...