After dickering about an entry fee, its new Islamist government refused the U.S. request for transit of our troops to start a northern front in Iraq. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
Then, the Pentagon sent Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf forces he did not even request. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
I must request you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper." (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)