Word: ultimatumed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...upon . . . solemn compacts . . . that civilization rests. England would be forever contemptible if it should sit by. ... I have therefore asked you to come to tell you that this morning we sent an ultimatum to Germany. . . . There will...
...gaunt, bony-faced man, with a sensitive mouth and a talent for gentleness, the Rt. Hon. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax. The end came on Sunday morning, September 3 when Kennedy sent a triple priority cable to Secretary Hull reporting that the British had moved up their ultimatum deadline to Hitler one hour. There would...
...That goes for us!" chorused the rest. A college girl gave young Harvardman Kennedy the ultimatum: "We definitely refuse to go without a convoy...
...China. Last week the Japanese took out their pretty fans to sharpen the wind. Politely, firmly the Government announced that if other powers wished to remove their troops from China, Japan would be honored to "protect" their nationals and interests. Next move might be less polite, more firm -an ultimatum to Britain and France...
That morning, dangling his withered left hand on a shiny sabre-hilt, Wilhelm II was considering an ultimatum to Russia (sent the following day): cease mobilization in twelve hours or Germany will fight. Stock exchanges in Paris, Brussels, Berlin, St. Petersburg were already closed in panic. But the London Exchange had had business as usual that Thursday. Many a U. S. businessman waved away Wilhelm's ultimatum as "pure bluff." At 23 Wall Street Mr. Morgan & friends emerged from meeting after three hours, confident there would be no World War. They announced the New York Exchange would remain open...