A last-ditch attempt, known as " Operation Bodenplatte ", to win air superiority on 1 January 1945 failed.

In a last-ditch attempt to win the war, Skynet sends a cybernetic assassin called a Terminator back through time to murder Connor's mother Sarah before he is born, thereby preventing Connor's existence and the success of his future rebellion.

Schimmelpenninck made a last-ditch attempt to have the treaty referred to a plebiscite, but he was ignored.

As a last-ditch attempt to get new monetary reforms approved, Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General on 8 August 1788, setting the date of their opening at 1 May 1789.

Tengai orders Buster and Reana to head for space, while he makes a last-ditch effort and attempt to stall the Stone-Like, just as Gai did.

King Saud refused, however, and made a last-ditch attempt to retake executive powers, leading Prince Faisal to order the National Guard to surround King Saud's palace.

On 22 June 1966, Sukarno made the Nawaksara speech in front of MPRS session, an unsuccessful last-ditch attempt to defend himself and his guided democracy system.

The Allies made a last-ditch attempt to cut the Germans off by taking the towns of Montreval and Marboz north of Bourg, which was thwarted by the 11th Panzer Division in heavy fighting.

As a last-ditch attempt to salvage some revenue, the final run of machines were marketed as word processors.

As she makes a last-ditch attempt to complete her mission, she is shot dead by Yu.

In a last-ditch attempt to stop the merger, Orchard went to court, seeking an injunction against the merger vote.

This offensive was a last-ditch attempt by the Germans to reverse the course of the war.

It was at this time that Cao Fang's stepmother Empress Dowager Guo made a last-ditch attempt at preserving Cao Wei's imperial authority, by injecting herself into the process of selecting the next emperor.

The Eastern Wu chancellor Zhang Ti ( 張悌 ) made a last-ditch attempt to defeat Wang Hun's force, but was defeated and killed.

Shooting season notices ceased listing the Huia as a protected species in 1901, and a last-ditch attempt to reinforce government protection failed when the Solicitor General ruled that there was no law to protect feathers.

In a last-ditch attempt to win the war, Confed has designed the TCS Behemoth, a doomsday weapon able to destroy an entire planet.

The group were worn out, disillusioned, and at odds with their management — they reportedly viewed the tour as a last-ditch attempt to bail the group out of its mounting pool of debts.

As a last-ditch attempt to stop the landing, the runway lights were switched off, but the pilot still managed to land the damaged aircraft safely.

A last-ditch attempt to save Czecho-Slovakia from total ruin was made by the British and French governments, who on 27 January 1939, concluded an agreement of financial assistance with the Czech government.

In a last-ditch attempt at redemption, Jesús Bernal kidnaps Garcia at gunpoint and drives him out to Key Largo for a flashy execution.

YuLaw is transported immediately to the prison colony universe after a last-ditch attempt to switch places with Gabe.

De Flores kisses her in a last-ditch attempt to seal their love, but Beatrice reacts with disgust.

Hooper leaves for the studio, with Gwen, in a futile last-ditch attempt to change Sonny's mind, saying she wouldn't be there when he comes back.

In a last-ditch attempt to foil a fall, the defensive wrestler could also " bridge " out of his opponent's control ( that is, pry his head, his back, and both of his feet up from the mat and then turn toward his stomach ).

In a final confrontation with a traitor at the institute ( the X-Men's teammate Xorn, posing as Magneto ) Jean fully realizes and assumes complete control of the powers of the Phoenix Force, but is killed in a last-ditch lethal attack by Xorn.

Poznań fell to the Red Army ( assisted by Polish volunteers ) on 23 February 1945 following the Battle of Poznań, in which the German army conducted a last-ditch defence in line with Hitler's designation of the city as a Festung.

Kennett's supporters urged the Liberal Party to force a vote of ' no confidence ' on the floor of the parliament in a last-ditch effort to force Savage, Davies and Ingram to support the Liberal government ; however with the Liberal Party divided on Kennett's future role, Kennett resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party and from Parliament, saying he wished to have no further involvement in politics.

The rank of the Guardians has weakened as well ; while there were originally twelve of them as Head Guardians, there are now six of them, after Ganthet and Sayd left Oa, and one Guardian died after a battle with Superman-Prime-this Guardian willfully " detonated " himself in an unsuccessful, last-ditch effort to destroy the insane Kryptonian ( who wished to destroy the Universe in his own right ).

Quite commonly, blind bids are allowed only if the bidding team is at least 100 points behind, and in many cases, whether a minimum point spread is required, these risky bids are typically made by a team with a large deficit as a last-ditch effort ; blind bids made in this situation are typically called " trailing blind bids ".

In the last days of the war, some BDM girls, just like some boys of the male Hitler Youth ( although not nearly as many ), joined with the Volkssturm ( the last-ditch defense ) in Berlin and other cities in fighting the invading Allied armies, especially the Russians.

After an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to lure Red Grange to Rochester ( he instead signed with the Chicago Bears ), the team suspended operations after the 1925 NFL season ; by this point, the team had been losing money ( to the point where Lyons ' house had been foreclosed upon because of his dumping of virtually all his assets into the team ) and had been a traveling team for two seasons ( 1920 and 1925 ).

In a last-ditch effort to defeat Griffith, Ganishka sacrifices himself and undergoes an untested metamorphosis into a monster that no living man or Apostle could contend with.

Near the end of World War II, last-ditch ersatz models were being made in various cost-cutting feature variations with the goal of cheaply bolstering the Imperial Armed Forces ; for example, the ovoid bulb-shaped bolt of earlier runs were replaced by a smaller and utilitarian cylindrical shape, the handguard on the barrel was omitted, and crude fixed sights were fitted.

As with all captured foreign firearms they may be dangerous when fired, due to both the lower quality of the " last-ditch " rifles produced during the end-half of World War II, and to modifications performed by returning U. S. servicemen on those rifles.

German armor was unable to cope with the overwhelming numerical superiority of the American tanks, and as a last-ditch effort to halt the advance the Germans began concentrated attacks on American positions with what artillery and aircraft they could muster.

In a last-ditch effort to hurt both her husband and her " father ", Madelyne was now all too willing to go along with the destruction of her son Nathan Christopher.

However last-ditch negotiations between the partners and with the developer, Grosvenor Estates in June 2006, apparently led to an undisclosed agreement and a withdrawal of the Quiggins ' challenge.

Albert's Hispanic secretary and sweetheart, Rosie Alvarez, comes up with a last-ditch publicity stunt to have Conrad Birdie record and premiere a song before he is sent overseas.

In some patients with atrial fibrillation and a fast ventricular rate, as a last-ditch effort to control the heart rate, electrophysiologists perform AV node modification / ablation following a pacemaker placement.

He makes a last-ditch attempt to force the Dwellers to yield up Taak, threatening them with antimatter weapons.

Those customers would more than likely walk out with Studebaker's last-ditch hope, the new Lark compact.

At this point, Mullock finds out what happened and decides to flood the entire factory with poisonous gas in a last-ditch attempt to do away with Abe.