Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle of this delicate diplomatic situation, something unexpected happened. Something like an ultimatum was delivered to the Generalissimo, insisting that he give Stilwell full command of the Chinese armies. Whatever may have been its justification, it was a proposition that no self-respecting head of a state, at war more than seven years, could accept...
...Rhode Island's Pascoag track near Providence last week, 40 racehorse owners and trainers issued an ultimatum to State racing officials: unless an immediate end was put to "race-fixing by a gambling ring," they would stop entering their horses at Pascoag...
Then the Air Forces' ladies, fed up with civilian status, gave their ultimatum. Said Jackie Cochran: the WASPs should get military status or be washed out altogether. As Congress showed no disposition to change its-mind, there was no choice for Hap Arnold. Admitting that there were now enough men to carry on the WASPs' jobs, principally ferrying of Army aircraft, he swung the washout brush, picked the December date "to permit the WASPs to reach their homes by Christmas...
...permitted the word, and our strike was solid. Twenty-one days we kept it up. They put double sentries around the house. To retaliate, we put on a strip tease near the windows until the street was filled with gawking soldiers. Then the Wehrmacht Recreation Officer came with an ultimatum: back to work or out to a fish factory...
...showdown came at 7 in the morning. German General von Neubronn ordered his SS men to break down the door to old Marshal Petain's bedroom. To the half-dressed Chief of the Vichy State, he issued an ultimatum...