Word: ultimatum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Flicking out his words like whisks of a schoolmaster's cane. Attlee moved what amounted to an either-or ultimatum to the Bevanites: disband and shut up, or get out of the Labor Party. And no argy-bargy about what is or is not a party-within-a-party. "You can't define an elephant," snapped Attlee, "but you can recognize one when...
...words were a rallying cry to all the Attleeites. At a meeting of parliamentary front benchers Attlee himself cast aside the cloak of neutrality he has tried up to now to wear as party leader. In tart, hot temper, he outlined an ultimatum to the Bevanites-disband the party-within-a-party and stop calling names in public. Nye Bevan, his eyes round with affected innocence, faced the challenge with the wounded mien of a child accused of palming the queen in a game of Old Maid. With hands spread wide, he offered to throw his group meetings open...
Last month Naguib's government issued a law asking all political parties to clean house, file a detailed statement of their finances. Naguib himself swore that it would be upheld. Last week his government issued a direct ultimatum to the Wafd: Nahas must quit, or the Wafd will be outlawed...
...regents of the University of Wisconsin issued an ultimatum to all undergraduate organizations: no racial discrimination. Joker: the ultimatum's deadline is July...
...Evros last week went a task force of mechanized Greek infantry, supported by tanks, field guns and fighter planes. Third Corps Commander Stylianos Manidakis broadcast a 24-hour "ultimatum" telling any Bulgars who might still be on Gamma to get off or be blown off. A team of excited U.N. observers sent an alarmist cable to New York: "Big forces ready for action on both sides . . . Very dangerous situation may follow...