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...White House has agreed to several deals in a last-ditch attempt to gain lawmakers support for NAFTA...
...accord's opponents whose last-ditch attempts (tinged with more than a hint of Ludditism) to scuttle the agreement ultimately proved futile, were unable to marshal enough successful opposition to the agreement, which by eliminating tariffs anong Canada, the United States and Mexico, creates a $6 trillion dollar market with 360 million consumers...
...former diplomat leads a last-ditch defense against rebels...
...morning of May 15, the Weaver girls, one by one, arrived at Sue's house. Barb relayed a last-ditch message from her husband: "Tell her I said to cut the s--- out and forget about this." Sue replied, "No way." And then she said, "I'm ready." Dan rolled her back to the bedroom, and the rest heard her sobbing and telling him how much she loved him. At around 9:45, everyone else filed...
...thought [the letter] was really inflammatory," said Sandra Chang '93, former president of the Chinese Students Association. "I think the letter was a last-ditch effort to do something big at the end of the year to make a statement. I have no recollection of any students receiving insensi- tive remarks from Dean Epps...