Word: ultimatums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Young Plan unchanged. They were satisfied with the size of their pieces of sponge cake. Since Britain wanted more?since she wanted some of their cake?there was battle royal. In four smashing rounds Battling Snowden led with logical lefts and sarcastic rights, followed with a walloping ultimatum. He stooped to rabbit-punch with personal insults in the clinches, and at last sent his opponents reeling groggily with a blow that packed the might of the whole British Empire...
Declaring pungently that Great Britain is tired of being "Europe's henpecked husband," Chancellor Snowden demanded that the conference take steps to modify the Young Plan in accordance with his wishes. Trembling with earnestness, clutching the heads of his canes until his knuckles showed white, his hurled his ultimatum: "I have behind me the unanimous support of my government, the support of the House of Commons, irrespective of the party in power, and the support of the entire population of Great Britain. I speak frankly. I cannot compromise...
Followed, shortly, to Nanking a Russian ultimatum demanding within three days release of all Soviet prisoners in Harbin, consent to an immediate conference to discuss the C. E. R. question...
Almost a decade ago the Chicago Tribune, self-styled "World's Greatest Newspaper," ordered its correspondent in Moscow to present the following ultimatum to Soviet Foreign Minister Georg Tchitcherin: "You must abandon your censorship and guarantee freedom of expression, otherwise our correspondent will be withdrawn and so will the correspondents of other American newspapers, so that Russia will find herself without means of communication with the outer world." The rage into which Comrade Tchitcherin flew when he read these words was towering, to say the least. "The newspaper speaks to me," he stormed, "as if it were a government...
Following the ultimatum issued by the Building Commissioners, the Athletic authorities of the University studied the problem, and decided that if any permanent improvements were to be made at Soldiers Field, the Stadium should at that time be enlarged to seat 80,000 persons. The Athletic Committee so recommended to the Harvard Corporation at that time, but the members of that body voted down any proposal to materially increase the seating capacity of the stadium...