Word: ditched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recount coincided with a last-ditch effort by McSweeney--who had come in 10th in the original election--to challenge the constitutionality of the city's voting system, called proportional representation, in court...
Visiting Bosnia on a last-ditch peace mission, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali weathered a rude reception from all sides
...unexpectedly, the City of Cambridge is attempting a massive last-ditch effort to save rent control. In response to the passage of Question 9 in the recent statewide referendum which abolished the practice, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, City Manager Robert W. Healy and City Councillor Jonathan S. Meyers are among those teaming with House Speaker Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) in the crusade to defend the failed policy...
...then made a last-ditch effort and went to the Science Center basement. The Every Mac was in use (the program I needed was Mac-only), so I joined in "organic queue of folks waiting for machines to become free...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell declared health care reform dead for this session of Congress, joining Republicans who rang the death knell last week -- and blaming them, too. The Maine Democrat on Friday made a last-ditch effort to round up a filibuster-proof 60 votes for a moderate health package, but the GOP and a few opposing Democrats held firm. Mitchell also ignored a group of liberal lawmakers who wanted a stripped-down reform package that would cover children. The next chapter: November, when the Election Day blame game begins...