But then Lionsgate made a last ditch effort to revive its offer to merge with the company.
One of those last ditch efforts that many of us have a fair bit of experience with.
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It will be a last ditch effort to get out the vote.
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In contrast, Qwest was seen to be making its bid as a last ditch-effort to stay afloat in the increasingly competitive telecommunications industry.
"The fund for the past two years has been playing catch-up and reactive roles in the last ditch efforts to save it, " he writes.
Facing a likely go-ahead decision from the U.S. Government, the study is a last ditch attempt to drum up opposition to a no-brainer, market-approved project.
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Analysts say that the return to urban terrorism is a last ditch attempt by the rebels to force the Turkish state to talk to them.
Scottish Labour's Richard Simpson said he was delighted that the "last ditch and desperate appeal" by Imperial Tobacco had been "thrown out" by the Supreme Court.
Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa's unprecedented visit to Gaza this week should be seen as a last ditch attempt by Egypt to convince Hamas to unify its ranks with Fatah.
Last year, in a last ditch effort to achieve his dream, Moglia, the former CEO of TD Ameritrade, coached the Omaha Nighthawks, one of the four teams in the United Football League.
It also confirmed that new laws in Jordan will exclude evidence that might have been obtained by torturing Abu Qatada's alleged co-conspirators and said his appeal "bears all the hallmarks of a last ditch argument".
Even some children with HIV are being put on kitchen sink therapy, which Dr. James Oleske of the New Jersey Medical School describes as "a last ditch sort of effort" when all else has failed.
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During their last ditch attempt to avoid extradition, lawyers for Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan pressed the CPS in court to clarify why there had never been a charge in the UK. The CPS said it considered some charges - but had insufficient evidence to prosecute.
Over the weekend Channel 1 military correspondent Yoav Limor reported that heightened concern about war has brought near unanimity in the defense community that Israel should make a last ditch effort to negotiate the surrender of the Golan Heights to Syria in the hope of cajoling it out of the Iranian axis.
The closure followed a last-ditch protest last week, but campaigners said they were still hopeful the service could be returned.
The animal welfare charity is now considering a last-ditch application to the Court of Appeal.
It is a desperate, last-ditch effort to prevent the great downfall many people are rightly predicting.
When those pumps failed, they switched to seawater in a last-ditch attempt to keep temperatures down.
Some see it as a last-ditch attempt by Turkey's old guard to cling to power.
Buying gold represents a last-ditch effort to preserve capital in the face of an unstable, weak dollar.
McGeady fired wide from 14 yards and Eggert Jonsson produced a fine last-ditch challenge to deny McDonald.
Neither goalkeeper was seriously tested as both sides were thwarted by a series of superb last-ditch challenges.
Freeing Michonne and making his last-ditch suicide run on the Governor is a pretty big step toward redemption.
Aberdeen pressed hard for an equaliser and Mark Kerr and Mulgrew were frustrated by last-ditch defending by Accies.
Campaigners are making a last-ditch effort to save the accident and emergency unit at Hartlepool's University Hospital from closure.
Their last-ditch lawsuit pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals seeks to halt construction and revoke the commission's permit.
Eleven years ago, the last prime minister of unified Yugoslavia, Ante Markovic, launched a last-ditch plan for economic stabilisation.
Mr Putin's public crossness may turn out to be a last-ditch negotiating tactic.
The opposition's last-ditch attempt to block the bill came as the legislation faced its final hurdle in the Lords.
Palmi Palmason broke free in the box but his low shot was blocked thanks to Craig Morgan's timely last-ditch challenge.
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