Still, some in Chicago were caught off guard by the last gasp from Old Man Winter.
Italy needed a last gasp strike from Marco Verratti to secure a 1-1 draw in Holland.
There were busts, above all the Great Depression, but these represented the last gasp of the old order.
Are they right to think the latest Balkan war is, in effect, the last gasp of pan-Slav nationalism?
The Orange had one last gasp, using an 8-0 run to 65-59 on a pair of baskets by Tyson-Thomas.
Two men holding their respective team's fortunes in their grasp, united in the last gasp of the last game of the season.
It represented both a preview of what was to come and the last gasp of traditional mainstream movie-making in one glorious concoction.
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This is done by having produced that last gasp rally when the reluctant bulls can no longer stand being out of the market.
Any time weather is damp and warm from spring thaw to the last gasp of summer mold spores can be circulating in the trillions.
"It comes out at sort of this strange time in the company's product evolution, the last gasp of the DOS line and Windows 98, " Davis said.
Syracuse had one last gasp, using an 8-0 run to 65-59 with six minutes left on a pair of baskets by Carmen Tyson-Thomas, who finished with 18 points.
What brought Europe to war was not the great alliance blocks, nor the Europe-wide arms race (one aspect of the story that is curiously neglected here), but the last gasp of the old Eastern Question, which had plagued European diplomacy for a century.
Chicago did have one last gasp to send it to overtime, but Belinelli missed a 3 with 7.8 seconds left, and after the rebound went out of bounds off the Pacers, West came up with a steal and made two free throws to seal the win.
Senator John McCain, the Republicans' 2008 candidate, and Sarah Palin, his running-mate, voiced similar misgivings: better to have helped the rebels clinch their victory when they appeared to be on a roll than come to their defence when they were at their last gasp on the edge of defeat.
The last-gasp finish for last season's 30-goal top scorer Holt - his third strike in five days - was one of the few moments of quality in a game that looked to be heading for a stalemate.
Wales rescued an incredible last-gasp 31-24 win against Scotland in their last championship game in Cardiff.
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Messi netted at the start of injury time after an initial block by Forster but Barca could not repeat the last-gasp heroics of Celtic's visit to the Nou Camp last month, when Vilanova's team snatched a 2-1 victory.
Friday's last-gasp 21-20 semi-final victory at Harlequins was the Falcons' third win in a row.
Rangers could even have snatched a last-gasp victory when midfielder Steven Davis struck the post.
Sean St Ledger put the Republic 2-1 ahead on 87 minutes before Alberto Gilardino's last-gasp equaliser.
And Bristol held on for the vital win when Myler's last-gasp drop-goal drifted wide of the posts.
Kevin Cassidy netted to put Donegal in front while Enda Lynn squandered a last-gasp chance to equalise.
Sheffield United striker Carl Asaba grabbed a last-gasp equaliser to save the Blades' blushes against lowly Wimbledon.
After Warwick's third penalty, the Ospreys forced a last-gasp chance but Shane Williams' drop goal flew wide.
Yet it was not enough as McGuire crashed over in the final minute to snatch a last-gasp victory.
Wales international Evans, 19, played a key role in the last-gasp goal that levelled the tie on aggregate.
Derick Hougaard then made it 21-12 with a penalty, but Thomas's last-gasp drop-goal gave Leeds a losing bonus point.
Elsewhere, in Group B Australia edged out India 4-3 with a last-gasp strike from Michael Brennan braking the deadlock.
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