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...Delaware-based E.I. Du Pont de Nemours two years ago, Edgar Woolard called a meeting of his company's 325 top managers at Palm Beach, Fla. Looking out at a roomful of white men, peppered with fewer than a dozen women and minorities, the new boss delivered a stunning ultimatum. The next time Du Pont's managers gathered, Woolard said, he'd better see significantly more women and minorities in the room. Last March, when Woolard and 390 executives attended the company's leadership conference in Chantilly, Va., 25% of those present were women and minorities. Though...
Given the ultimatum between eradicating pornography or preserving the freedom of speech, most citizens are more willing to tolerate pornography and keep their rights than to give up their liberty for a more "moralistic" society...
...policy now being debated in Washington seeks to maximize international support for war while minimizing the loss of allied life. Some believe maintaining multinational solidarity requires an ultimatum to Saddam: Cave in by such and such a date, or we come at you with everything we've got. Sounds good, but . . . "The problem with a clear warning," says Michael Mandelbaum, a Johns Hopkins University foreign policy professor, "is that it could cause Iraq to strike pre-emptively, and pre-emption is a card we may want to play ourselves. For Saddam this is World War III. He wins...
...pressure on Harvard's administration, if applied indiscriminately, can have damaging side effects as well. Bell's ultimatum raises the specter of tokenism in its purest form. Is the hiring of one Black woman proof of a true commitment to faculty diversity? And if Harvard does hire a Black woman to assuage Bell, will she only be known as The Black Woman on The Faculty? Will her role as a scholar be undermined by suspicion about why she was hired...
...Moscow when the U.S. ignored the Soviet view and launched its unilateral police action in the gulf. "The possibilities for joint action should have been given more consideration," said Soviet Middle East expert Igor Belyayev. Finally, however, the Soviets lost patience with Saddam. On Friday Gorbachev issued an ultimatum: Withdraw from Kuwait or face "additional measures" from the U.N. Since Saddam was clearly not giving in, the way was cleared for Soviet support of an international blockade...