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  • A cold snap or a beginner snowstorm hits for a day or two in August or early September, then relents for a last-chance golden autumn period of a few weeks.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • A cold snap or a beginner snowstorm hits for a day or two in August or early September, then relents for a last-chance golden autumn period of a few weeks.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • This last-chance saloon matches unis with available places with students who need them.

    Clearing 2011: top tips from admissions tutors | Lucy Tobin 2011

  • The loss ended dazzling thoughts of a deep tournament run for the sixth-seeded Red Storm, the ultimate Cinderella story about a group of last-chance seniors who finally connected before it was too late.

    For St. John's, It's Hello Freshmen Sophia Hollander 2011

  • The 53-year-old star was bounced from the ballroom on Tuesday night, despite having improved his score by two points during the last-chance dance-off.

    David Alan Grier “DWTS” Rant 2009

  • I booked my flight for the show yesterday and almost immediately after confirmation of my trip, I was invited to show my skillz off at a last-chance dark horse qualifying event in Brooklyn, NY on Aug. 5.

    2009 US Air Guitar winners + dark horse competition! » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • Why does he always sound great in the last-chance round but just so-so in the recording booth with Nikki?

    Who Won The Glee Project? Find Out Who's Joining the Glee Cast (There Is a Twist!) 2011

  • So it will be with UBS, which was taken to the cleaners in the US sub-prime mortgage disaster and was only allowed to attempt to rehabilitate its investment bank on the understanding that it was drinking in the last-chance saloon.

    Imagine if UBS had been RBS. Would it have survived this? 2011

  • The true story of baseball team the Oakland Athletics – where Hill's number-crunching nerd comes to the rescue of Pitt's last-chance manager.

    This week's new films 2011

  • Here are some last-chance recommendations from our staff.

    The Best of the Rest Greater New York Staff 2010

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