Word: ultimatumed
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...Katale is a huge Rwandan refugee settlement in a valley north of Goma where the 36-year-old Canadian had been supervising food deliveries for nearly three months. "Frankly," the letter began in French, "it seems to us that you are tired of living." It concluded with a chilling ultimatum: "You must leave the region within 48 hours -- if you value your life. Thank you and bon voyage...
With this validation, Coles has delivered the ultimate ultimatum--he'll leave if the University doesn't start a campus-wide public service program. Coles claims he's not threatening the University, just informing them that his plans for next year...
What changed the military plan was the work of former President Carter, Senator Sam Nunn and retired General Colin Powell. All along, Bill Clinton had intended to deliver an ultimatum: the military dictators had to step down or an invasion would follow at once. But two months before, Carter on his own had been trying to establish contact with Cedras, consulting with Congressman Bill Richardson, who had just been to see the Haitian leaders. Meanwhile, Cedras had been trying to find an American intermediary to step in and negotiate a settlement with Washington. As an invasion date loomed, Carter went...
...announced it will work to end the U.N. arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims unless the Bosnian Serbs accept a Western-sponsored peace plan by Oct. 15. However, the Serbs said they would defy the ultimatum, and U.S. allies, including Russia, Britain and France, oppose lifting the embargo...
...border with the Dominican Republic on Sept. 13. No one expects them to be able to stop the smuggling of food and gasoline, but the inspectors will have to be given time -- perhaps a month -- to fail. That would allow Washington to issue a final get-out-or-else ultimatum, contending that it had exhausted all the alternatives...