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...putting his hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here," he said. "It would still be waiting for an environmental impact statement." Challenging critics, Reagan added, "To the paid political complainers, let me say as politely as I can, 'Put up or shut up.' " The ultimatum was applauded...
...meantime, Jaruzelski's efforts to impose authority were welcomed with restrained enthusiasm by the Soviet Union. According to some Polish government sources, Jaruzelski was pressed by the Soviets to make the move. About a month ago, according to these accounts, he was given an ultimatum by the Kremlin. Soviet representatives told him?and him alone?that the Polish party was no longer in control, that the Sejm (parliament) was running wild, and that if he did not act to restore order, the Warsaw Pact would do it for him. Though Jaruzelski emphasized last week that Poland remained a sovereign state...
With parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and special Masses, Greeks this week will mark Ohi Day, one of their proudest national celebrations. It commemorates the day in 1940 when the government replied ohi (no) to Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini's ultimatum to allow his troops to occupy strategic points on Greek territory. Yet for a majority of Greeks Ohi Day came somewhat earlier this year. In a landslide election that brought to power the country's first socialist government, Greeks last week not only said ohi to the conservative New Democracy party, which has ruled for the past seven...
Although most of the teachers at Stuyvesant yielded to the chancellor's ultimatum, some may still refuse to write letters. "The union vote was rammed down our throat in a squeeze play and I will not be coerced to write recommendations," McCort said...
Under "a veiled ultimatum" from Frank J. Macchiarola, chancellor of New York City schools, the teachers at Stuyvesant High School voted over-whelmingly to end the boycott, Frank McCort, a teacher who voted against ending the boycott, said yesterday...