Word: ditched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vaunted selflessness and modesty, he made no move to object when Jinnah was attacked during a Congress session for calling him "Mr. Gandhi" instead of "Mahatma," and booed off the stage by Gandhi's supporters. Later, his withdrawal, under pressure from Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, of a last-ditch offer to Jinnah of the prime ministership itself, ended the last faint chance of avoiding partition...
...last-ditch effort Wilson--like many in the Boston area struggling to avoid or leave the state's welfare rolls--has enrolled in STRIVE...
Opposition by Russia, France, China and most of the Arab world to any military strike against Iraq may persuade President Clinton to agree to a proposed visit to Baghdad Wednesday by Secretary General Kofi Annan for a last-ditch peace bid. U.N. Security Council members meet today in search of ways to avoid a military strike. Baghdad's welcoming, yesterday, of a U.N. technical team sent to survey Iraq's eight disputed "presidential" sites may signal that Saddam Hussein is looking for a way to back down. Of course, it may be a lot easier for Saddam...
Utilities are being deregulated, so they have an unusual reason to change policy and hoard cash. But the day is fast approaching when all kinds of thriving companies will ditch their dividends and use the savings to buy back stock to boost their share price. Specialty toolmaker SPX Corp., in Muskegon, Mich., made the move last April. Lo and behold, the stock has been rising twice as fast...
...goes all the way back to childhood. With a little bit of luck, the jury may show some mercy. Kaczynski will probably not like all the talk about mental illness then any more than he does now. But at that point his lawyers will be engaged in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Their only hope is that he will let them do their...