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  • Of course, they — via their representatives in Congress and elsewhere — would fight that to the lastditch.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Hansen: Fee-and-Dividend not Cap-and-Trade 2009

  • A scrappy politician with a strong will, Collor has assembled a truth squad to punch holes in the congressional report and is handing out government favors in a lastditch attempt to shore up congressional support.

    The Money Of Collor 2008

  • Finally, after a lastditch effort to bribe him for access to his files, we gave up.

    Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005

  • Finally, after a lastditch effort to bribe him for access to his files, we gave up.

    Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005

  • Finally, after a lastditch effort to bribe him for access to his files, we gave up.

    Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005

  • Finally, after a lastditch effort to bribe him for access to his files, we gave up.

    Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005

  • Because Weyoun has figured out a way to stop a lastditch plan to save us all?

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • Because Weyoun has figured out a way to stop a lastditch plan to save us all?

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • Because Weyoun has figured out a way to stop a lastditch plan to save us all?

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • I was one of the few survivors, and by glorious misunderstanding was hailed as the hero of the hour: it was mistakenly believed that I'd fought the bloodiest lastditch action since Hastings — when in fact I'd been blubbering under a blanket — and when I came to in dock at Jallalabad, who should be at my bedside, misty with admiration, but the garrison commander, Fighting Bob Sale.

    Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

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