Word: ultimatums
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...time he was ten, Mickey was catching in peewee baseball, in Oklahoma's Gabby Street league. One day Mutt Mantle caught his son batting righty against a righthander. He sent Mickey home with an ultimatum: "Don't you ever put on that baseball uniform again until you switch-hit like I taught you." Mickey has not failed to switch since...
Nobody paid much attention to Yorty's ultimatum. But it was clear at week's end that Engine Charlie Wilson had flubbed his great opportunity to make a sale; there may be a good case for the Wilson budget, but he had not made it. The word on Capitol Hill was that, unless Wilson can do better, Congress is likely to restore $2 billion of the $5 billion Air Force cut before it passes the new Defense budget...
...Cartoonists had a field day with his unruly grey thatch and his round, heavy-jowled face-which, at the time, generally bore an expression of outrage. From a public relations point of view, no U.S. Cabinet officer ever got off to a worse start. When Wilson, under an Eisenhower ultimatum, agreed to dispose of his stock, the Senate confirmed his nomination as the fifth U.S. Secretary of Defense, and the public turned its mind to other things. For Engine Charlie Wilson, however, the story had only begun...
...carnival introduced Foucauld to his destiny. When the Fourth Hussars were ordered to North Africa, Charles sent Mimi on ahead, placing her on the passenger list as the "Vicomtesse de Foucauld." When the bona fide officers' wives arrived, their scandalized chirps quickly brought Charles a crisp ultimatum from his C.O., in effect: "Either Mimi goes, or you go." They both went...
...down off his tiptoes, Smith began to hear noises he had not noticed before: gurgling water pipes, excessive coughing, the ringing of unanswered telephones, strange tappings. Using a homemade stethoscope, he traced the noises to the apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Mason directly below him. Smith sent an ultimatum to the Masons: they must keep reasonably quiet, "otherwise our relationship as neighbors will develop into open warfare." The Masons, without a pledge of quiet, asked Mr. Smith to explain. The only answer they got was noise...