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present sb. with a fait accompli Explanation: P -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2018-01-16 21:06:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Further delay on press regulation decision as Pressbof Royal Charter ... www.pressgazette.co.uk/govt-signals-further-delay-press-reg... Jul 12, 2013 - ... of the Privy Council or to Parliament but will be a Governmental decision? "We will then be placed in a situation where a committee of the Privy Council consisting of members of the Cabinet will have taken a decision which will be backed by the Government and we will be presented with a fait accompli. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2018-01-16 21:08:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: <v>SERVE? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2018-01-16 21:09:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- E100 - Japan's Path to War www.indiana.edu/~ealc100/35.html Although the attack on the Manchurian armies of Zhang Xueliang (which we studied earlier) were completely unauthorized by the Japanese government, the success of the Kwantung Army was enthusiastically reported and received in Japan, and popular sentiment forced the government to accept the fait accompli of the ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2018-01-16 21:10:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Beijing's Fait Accompli in the South China Sea | The Diplomat https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/beijings-fait-accompli-in-th... Apr 16, 2015 - Land reclamation and subsequent fortification of the islands present a fait accompli to the other claimants, akin to what James Cable in his seminal work Gunboat Diplomacy would classify as a form of definitive application of coercion at sea -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2018-01-16 21:12:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A Strategic Logic of the Military Fait Accompli > International Studies ... https://www.isanet.org/Publications/.../A-Strategic-Logic-of... Feb 2, 2017 - Six months later, Hitler presented them with a military fait accompli by invading and occupying the rest of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France accepted this fait accompli. Six months after that, Hitler again presented them with a fait accompli by invading and occupying Poland. This time, however, Britain and . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2018-01-16 21:13:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- War hero felt pressured by No.10 into signing pro Europe letter ... www.telegraph.co.uk › News › News Topics › EU Referendum Feb 24, 2016 - He said: "It is not the kind of letter I would have originated myself, but the Prime Minister's office presented me with a "fait accompli" saying that many other senior officers had agreed to sign it. |
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