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Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko returned home from France in a last-ditch attempt to salvage some part of the power he once held.
In many isolated regions, meanwhile, last-ditch defences in the form of round stone towers were built, a few of which are still inhabited today.
Both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times go with President Clinton's last-ditch attempt to generate support for the fast-track trade authority bill.
In the new genetic thrillers, it's the scientist who makes a last-ditch stand against an irresponsible society--reflecting a role for scientists as the defenders of ethical principles that were born at the Nazi doctor trials at Nuremberg and endured through the Cold War.
During Vietnam, it was a last-ditch appeal by people who generally had supported the war for years.