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...Wall came down and time ran out. The new Germany became preoccupied with the task of absorbing the east. Moreover, the new Germany grew too large to be swallowed by a federal Europe. The Maastricht treaty, the penultimate stop on the road to a federal Europe, was a last-ditch attempt to deny that reality...
...last-ditch effort to avoid furtherpublicity, Bean-Bayog first offered to give upher license in a lengthy letter submitted to thestate board on Thursday. The unappealableresignation was a far stronger step than the boardwould likely have taken...
Though many scientists dismiss the notion of blowing up killer asteroids as a last-ditch attempt to find some role for nuclear weapons, they do think keeping an eye on runaway asteroids makes sense. This week, after several months of studying the issue, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will urge Congress to establish a tracking and detection system that could sound the alert if a big chunk of celestial rock starts heading this...
When more than 60% of Tatarstan's voters spurned the last-ditch appeals of Russian President Boris Yeltsin and said a fervent yes to sovereignty last week, many Russians saw an ominous parallel. Recalling Mikhail Gorbachev's futile struggle to preserve the motley amalgam of nations forged into the Soviet Union, they feared that their own Russian Federation might be heading for disintegration. "We are not only on the brink of a crisis," said Valeri Zorkin, chairman of the Constitutional Court, "but on the edge of an abyss...
...about the separation, then "very, very angry." Once again the Daily Mail had the scoop, confirming that Fergie had been quietly pressing for a split since November. The paper also reported that two weeks ago the Queen received her daughter-in-law at a "private lunch" in a last-ditch effort to avert a breakup. "A private lunch with the Queen is supposed to remain private, not pitch up in the papers," fumed a palace official. The condemnation of Fergie as unsuitable was a social death sentence...