Buying gold represents a last-ditch effort to preserve capital in the face of an unstable, weak dollar.
Campaigners are making a last-ditch effort to save the accident and emergency unit at Hartlepool's University Hospital from closure.
In June, in a last-ditch effort to save her life, her oncologist recommended an experimental pill from Pfizer called SU11248.
American military officers at the time were not opposed to using nuclear weapons in a last-ditch effort to save South Vietnam.
This is what the NHL eventually did in a last-ditch effort to save the 2004-05 season, but they did it too late.
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Kaplan helped run clinical trials that tested the pharmaceutical, used as a last-ditch effort against bacteria resistant to other drugs, not only in children but in babies.
As 2011 winds down to a close, many small business owners are scrutinizing year-end tax deadlines in a last-ditch effort to lighten their payment to Uncle Sam come April.
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He said that people seem ready to embrace divided government -- a Democratic president working with a Republican Congress -- as a last-ditch effort to bring both sides together.
The scheme was announced to cover nearly 30 million farmers across the country and was seen by some as a last-ditch effort to head off an agricultural crisis in India.
Connecticut was apparently making a desperate last-ditch effort to avert the mass defection but when it has already stated it is trying to leave the conference itself, there is no credibility there.
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In a last-ditch effort to save her, doctors transferred her to nearby Fleni hospital, where neurologist Esteban Fridman treated her with high doses of the Parkinson's disease drug levodopa, which raises levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
In a last-ditch effort to carry on, Allen lifted the Albatross higher where he found calmer winds, at least calm enough for him to endure another hour before finally landing on the beach at Cap Gris Nez victorious.
John Devine saved a Vincent Corey goal chance while Corey also blasted a great last-ditch goal effort over the bar.
In contrast, Qwest was seen to be making its bid as a last ditch-effort to stay afloat in the increasingly competitive telecommunications industry.
Chris Baird dragged his shot wide before debutant Craig Cathcart put in a last-ditch tackle to deflect Ljubijankic's effort over the bar.
Craft purposely bounced the second free throw off the rim in an effort to grab the rebound and try a last-ditch shot to tie it.
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