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...autobiography, Expect a Miracle: My Life and Ministry, Roberts revealed that he had undertaken his unorthodox $8 million "Call me home" fund drive because God had told him to keep the Center afloat or be prepared to perish. There is some irony in the fact that this last-ditch effort to float his bid for mainstream credibility provided the very ammunition used by his critics to relegate him permanently to the Christian fringe...
...Harvard’s three-yard line. Hopkins was all over the field: The senior finished second on the team with seven and a half tackles—including one for a loss—and a pass breakup. He added a second interception on the Leopards’ last-ditch fourth-quarter drive. Only a fellow member of the secondary posted more. Senior safety Doug Hewlett led the defense with eight tackles. “We’ve got such a great cycle right now, three terrific seniors and a junior who is as good as those guys...
...Many of the female students have been just as active, if not more so, as their male counterparts in the madrassah's six-month-long anti-government campaign. However, the presence of perceived innocents serves as a protective shield for the mosque leader - and could serve him as a last-ditch propaganda campaign...
...wasn’t always this way. Before I came to Washington, D.C., the last time I made rice was part of a last-ditch effort to practice with chopsticks before a second date in Chinatown. Now I found myself scraping every last grain out of my Tupperware and thinking longingly of all the food I have sent half-eaten down the tunnel to Lowell...
...fails to interact with others in any sort of compelling way. Screenwriter Paul Laverty and director Loach leave no room for an actual narrative between the film’s many bloody scenes. The incredibly clichéd and predictable dialogue makes the characters even more robotic. A last-ditch effort to imbue the film with emotion in the final scene falls flat, as the monotony of earlier scenes has dulled the audience to a point where any emotion fails to register. A few small pleasures add to the drudgery of the film. Murphy, Delaney, and supporting actors Sabrina Barry...