Word: ultimatums
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Kennedy stopped short of issuing an ultimatum. In the questioning that followed, he deftly parried newsmen's persistent attempts to find out just how big a stick he was willing to wield to back up his soft words. The Pentagon's lip was zipped, but word began to percolate from across the Pacific of the major military movements...
...manager attitude may hurt the Church's interests in the long run. For many years, American Catholics have striven to convince their fellow citizens that Catholicism in no way conflicts with the national interest. But despite the President's efforts to demonstrate his independence, this latest ecclesiastical ultimatum can do nothing but inflame religious antagonisms which had seemed to be dying...
Then Iceland announced that it would enforce a new fisheries limit: twelve miles. British trawler captains who disregarded the Icelandic ultimatum and penetrated within the twelve-mile limit found themselves accosted by the belligerent Icelandic coast guard. The British navy steamed to the rescue, provided frigate escorts for the invading fishermen. Tempers flared, the NATO alliance (to which both belong) was endangered and shots were fired-although mostly blanks...
...outside, off-duty jobs (permitted in the fire department). Wagner agreed. Kennedy also demanded a guarantee of a $600-a-year raise for his men to compensate them for their lost opportunities. For embattled Bob Wagner, fighting this year for his political life against Tammany Hall, the Kennedy ultimatum was too much. "I'm the mayor." he told Kennedy firmly, "and you're the police commissioner...
...example, how could, should, or would the U.S. react to a Soviet ultimatum that tomorrow it would begin to take over Western Europe, one nation per month. In the hypothetical ultimatum, the Soviets decide to help the President make up his mind by picturing the consequences of either limited retaliation or all all-out strike. The first, according to the Soviet note, would bring devastation to each country where it was applied, and hence would likely be rejected by the countries themselves; the second would elicit all-out retailiation by Russia's ICBM and "SAC" forces against vulnerable...