Word: ultimatum
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...Skeptics Threaten Ivy Council" (Opinion, March 8), Ean W. Fullerton, a first-year at Columbia, attacked the decision of the Undergraduate Council to evaluate its involvement in the Ivy Council. Fullerton describes this as an "unwarranted ultimatum"; I suggest that the Ivy Council is an unwarranted organization...
Besides, McKean said, the parents should not have been given the ultimatum of putting down the signs or leaving the lecture hall...
Former swashbuckling movie star Joseph Estrada's presidency of the Philippines is a wrap. After having announced that he would call snap elections in which he would not stand, the opposition, backed by the military, gave the disgraced head of state a 12-hour ultimatum to vacate his post - and he did. The demand for his immediate resignation centered around corruption allegations, which had formed the basis of an impeachment hearing that collapsed earlier this week amid political maneuvering, sparking a wave of demonstrations in the capital that prompted a majority of Estrada's ministers to resign and coaxed...
...Saturdays ago, he summoned Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to a long table in the Cabinet Room of the White House to receive a carefully calculated ultimatum. The two teams had been sequestered at nearby Bolling Air Force Base the previous week, making some progress in restarting peace talks ruptured by three months of Palestinian rioting that had left nearly 350 dead. But they "would still be flapping around" at Bolling if Clinton hadn't decided "to force the beginning of an end game," says an aide--eager to give credit to the President...
...while they're at it, the University could issue an even more important ultimatum: admit women or face even more restrictions on events and behavior. If the University is serious about both student safety and women's rights, it should be sending that message loud and clear...