Word: ultimatums
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...foremost collectors of Oriental art, who donated his $30 million hoard of treasures to the city of San Francisco for display in the M. H. de Young Museum. Having posted 20 letters complaining about the museum's treatment of his trove, Brundage finally fired off an ultimatum: "It is quite obvious that this project is too large for this museum, if not for the city of San Francisco itself." If they don't treat his artistic Golconda as he thinks it should be treated, he will take it elsewhere...
Though the theory was that all NYC enrollees would have counselors from the time of their enrollment, this boy -- let us call him Donald -- never saw a counselor until the day he was given the ultimatum. Training young people to hold responsible jobs was the ostensible purpose of the NYC. In fact, there was no training involved. Uncounseled and unsupervised, Donald's attitude toward his job was consistently childish and irresponsible. When he left the NYC, the chances are he never found another job. Donald's experience in the NYC didn't teach him even the rudiments...
...preparation, Mao in May closed China's schools. Actually, the students kept on attending classes, but they studied only one subject: Mao's thought. With youth behind him, Mao was able to confront the Party Central Committee in early August with an ultimatum: vote for me, or else...
boycott would bring Britain into conflict with South Africa and endanger the strong and lucrative trade ties the two share. He fudged on NIBMAR; but to prove that his heart was in the right place, he delivered an ultimatum of sorts to Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith. Unless Smith agreed to form an "acceptable" government by Christmas, Wilson would ask the U.N. to impose mandatory sanctions on Rhodesian pig iron, chrome and asbestos...
...loaded him onto a hospital stretcher and carried him to the Chinese mission, where police were powerless to enter. The Dutch Foreign Ministry immediately protested the kidnaping, but got only silence from Charge d'Affaires Li En-chiu. After two days, the protests gave way to an ultimatum that the Chinese release their prisoner. Too late. "I am afraid I cannot help you," Li declared. "Unfortunately, Mr. Hsu died in my office...