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  • She was dragged by two marines onto the third-last helicopter leaving Saigon.

    SYLVIA FAST 2010

  • Costello was riding Veiled Applause in a handicap hurdle when his mount fell at the third-last.

    Dougie Costello expected to miss Cheltenham after Stratford fall 2011

  • Then there was a change, and the writer started getting the third-last credit in most movies, followed by the producer and finally the director.

    A Revolution In Movie Writing Credits Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • The third-last team Chicago had a 14.2% chance and fourth-worst Washington had a 10.7% chance to "win" the lottery.

    Archive 2008-03-01 James Mirtle 2008

  • Then there was a change, and the writer started getting the third-last credit in most movies, followed by the producer and finally the director.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • And yet, we only spend about 0.55% of our government outlays on R&D and very little of this on ICT R&D, putting us third-last in the OECD p. 65 of VenturousAustralia.

    ginger's thoughts » 2008 » September 2008

  • Only in the third-last paragraph does Mbeki refer to the breakdown in the relationship between Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla and his office "due to several incidents".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • UPDATE: Father Eddy was gracious enough to comment here, and to note that I had managed to omit the third-last line from the Amichai poem--now inserted. posted by Dr.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • It was RFK's first primary victory and his third-last before he was assassinated in Los Angeles in June.

    Martin Nolan: Hoosier Showdown 1968 and 2008 2008

  • And yet, we only spend about 0.55% of our government outlays on R&D and very little of this on ICT R&D, putting us third-last in the OECD p. 65 of VenturousAustralia.

    ginger's thoughts » “Venuturous Australia” at Pearcey awards event 2008

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