Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ultimatum. Ferguson raged; Taft grew grim. At last, Taft made himself heard long enough to call first for a recess until noon of the next day (Saturday). Then, he said in cold anger, he would wait until Monday. And then, "if those who are now blocking the organization of the Senate have not changed their minds, I propose to keep the Senate in session to break this. Use of the filibuster on such an occasion for such an inconsequential purpose is so unjustifiable that if you do not change your minds you are going to face a complete change...
Kauffman, and Scripps-Howard's William H. Newton. The first report came from Newton. His story: while her captain negotiated to land the businessman, the LC-3 1090 overstayed its 48-hour permit by two hours. Thereupon the Russians gave Commander Edgar Yates, senior naval officer aboard, an ultimatum: "Leave Dairen in 20 minutes or we won't be responsible for the consequences." The LC-3 1090 left...
Tush, tush, said a bland U.S. State Department spokesman next day, there was no ultimatum; the Russians were entirely within their rights. Later, Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson admitted that the State Department had had no official communication from Dairen on which to base these statements...
...with the mighty Chicago Tribune, and the Trib had neither reformed nor weakened (in fact, the same day the Sun fired 80, the Trib gave its white-collar staff of 1,589 a blanket 20% raise). Field had many millions left, but he was tired of spending them. His ultimatum: the Sun must shine by itself...
...Housing Committee, a civic house-finding group of which Hanratty was a member. Father John MacDonald, director of the Catholic Family Service, quit the committee, said he would stay out until Hanratty "throws the Communists out of his Veterans' League." Committee Chairman C. E. Pickering added his own ultimatum to Hanratty: clean house or quit. Hanratty said he would not force resignation of two Communist officials in his league, bristled: "If they want to get me out, they'll have to pick me up and toss...