| The push for integration was really a last-ditch effort to fight against resource inequality. |
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| President Prodi also wrote to President Bush in a last-ditch effort to persuade the US not to go down the protectionist road. |
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| There is no doubt that the compromise we reached on the authorisation chapter represented a last-ditch effort at reaching an agreement. |
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| We have not quite reached this point yet and today, hopefully, if we make a last-ditch effort, we will not miss out on this historic opportunity. |
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| Another project was seen as a last-ditch effort to avoid impending labour disputes and an adversarial and antagonistic relationship. |
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| The Supreme Court is expected to rule shortly on a last-ditch effort to appeal the Ontario decision guaranteeing marriage equality. |
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| But despite a massive and manful last-ditch effort, the Chinese could not find the equaliser as the suddenly refreshed Colombians slammed the door shut. |
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| Her husband, Ethan, books them a vacation retreat in a last-ditch effort to repair their relationship. |
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| A last-ditch effort to salvage trade negotiations has failed. |
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| As a last-ditch effort, they hired a stripper. |
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| So as we approach the deadline, you will see consumers ramping up and making a last-ditch effort to make those improvements and to get the second audit done, so they can collect their rebate. |
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| Special legislation ought to be a last-ditch effort. |
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| The PSAC has been negotiating with Parks Canada since October 2003 and began Conciliation Board hearings today as the last-ditch effort to come to a settlement. |
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| But critics said it was a last-ditch effort by Mahuad to stay in power, and that abandoning the sucre would devastate many Ecuadoreans' sucre-based savings. |
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| In a last-ditch effort, he sent her the necklace. |
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| We found an early willow flycatcher for 104, and sped back across the river to The Yards Park for a last-ditch effort at house finches. |
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| They are using our money around this campaign because I believe this is their last-ditch effort to stop members in decertifying. |
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| Wenger meets Samir Nasri today in a last-ditch effort to persuade him to sign a new contract. |
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| He sent flowers in a last-ditch effort to keep her from leaving. |
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| A BAND of eco-warriors spent six hours chained to a JCB digger yesterday in a last-ditch effort to save 200 mature trees from a Tesco development. |
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