Word: ultimatums
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...Robert Lovett had learned that the President was going ahead with his plan. He telephoned Marshall. Both were outraged. They agreed to tell the President that if he went ahead they would both resign. Lovett drove to the White House, and gave the President his and Marshall's ultimatum...
...grim-faced Sewell Avery served the nine directors with an ultimatum: choose him or Norton. The directors, most of them old cronies of Avery who had seen him pull "Monkey Ward" out of the red and up to the second biggest merchandising business in the country, soon made their choice. The secretary of the company then phoned Norton at a Boston hotel; he "requested"-and got-Norton's resignation from his $100,000-a-year...
...Ultimatum but Request...
...City Manager, however, denied that he was trying to "lay down the law to the University," adding that he had always been "on very friendly terms with its officers." He went on to explain that his demand for a prompt answer, was delivered "not as an ultimatum, but as a request...
Stilwell went in person to serve his ultimatum. "I handed this bundle of paprika to the Peanut and then sank back with a sigh. The harpoon hit the little - right in the solar plexus, and went right through him. It was a clean hit, but beyond turning green and losing the power of speech, he did not bat an eye. He just said to me, 'I understand.' And sat in silence, jigging one foot. At least F.D.R.'s eyes have been opened and he has thrown a good hefty punch. I came home. Pretty sight crossing...