Word: ultimatums
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...restlessness of the military became public last February when the army issued an ultimatum to el Mahdi: Seek peace with the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, or resign. In response, the Prime Minister formed a new coalition government and made overtures to the SPLA. A cease-fire followed, but the two sides failed to reach agreement...
...before the extraordinary session in Tallinn. During a speech at the southwestern agricultural center of Oryol, he acknowledged that his policies of glasnost had "brought to light a lot of problems . . . in interethnic relations." But Gorbachev declared, "We decisively condemn attempts at artificial aggravation of these questions, at advancing ultimatum demands...
...uprooting" of the dreaded Tonton Macoutes and other vestiges of the Duvalier era. "The ball is in your court, and you are playing before a people who do not trust you," he warned Avril. Haitians were soon surprised to learn that the priest had himself been confronted with an ultimatum...
...dying newspaper by allowing it to combine its business operations with a healthy competitor. They thus joined forces in applying to the Justice Department for approval of a "joint operating arrangement." Testifying at a hearing last August, Knight-Ridder Chairman Alvah Chapman backed up the proposal with a harsh ultimatum: unless the Justice Department approved the J.O.A., he would recommend that Knight-Ridder "close down the Free Press and dispose of its assets...
Ortega called his scheme a "proposal, not an ultimatum." Wright found the details patchy, but felt that they had "elements of good faith" for both sides. Publicly, the Reagan Administration was unwilling to rush to judgment. "We don't really know what's in this Ortega-Wright plan, and we just have to wait and see what they're talking about," said Fitzwater. Privately, officials denounced the scheme. "It sounds a lot like the Sandinistas' old unilateral cease-fire," said a naysayer at State. Although Contra Leader Adolfo Calero shot down Ortega's call for the rebels to disarm...