As a last-ditch effort to increase interest in the failing operating system, Be Inc. released a stripped-down, but free, copy of BeOS R5 known as BeOS Personal Edition ( BeOS PE ).

It was a last-ditch effort to transform Florida Wonderland into something much bigger.

The military placed Sharif under house arrest, but in a last-ditch effort Sharif privately ordered Karachi air traffic controllers to redirect Musharraf's flight to India.

The Auxiliary-SS ( SS mannschaft ) was an organization that arose in 1945 as a last-ditch effort to keep concentration camps running.

Scientists assert that asexual reproduction in the wild is rare, and probably a last-ditch effort to reproduce when a mate is not present.

He then mounted a last-ditch effort to revive the defence of England.

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.

A last-ditch effort by southerners to table the entire bill was defeated by 94 – 78, and then the entire bill was approved 85 – 80.

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.

By the time of the third book in the series, Thrawn has nearly defeated the New Republic, but they claim victory in a last-ditch effort, and Thrawn is killed by his own bodyguard, shattering the Empire's unity.

Doriana, as a last-ditch effort to save Thrawn, throws a toggle switch on Thrawn's command chair, causing the droid fighters to stop attacking the Vagaari and instead perform suicide runs against the Outbound Flight and to drop a radiation weapon into the hulled Dreadnaught vessels.

Bull had been working on a last-ditch effort to launch a Canadian flag into orbit in time for the Canadian Centennial, but nothing came of this plan.

A last-ditch effort by the Confederates to stop Samuel Curtis ' march to Helena.

In 1994, Doc made a last-ditch effort to keep the mill running.

Lorenzo considered selling Eastern's profitable Latin American routes to AA as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization of Eastern in early 1989, but backed out in a last-ditch effort to rebuild the MIA hub.

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 ).

He suddenly bolts, though, in a last-ditch effort to run away.

" PEP is really a last-ditch effort to get a message out if the president cannot get to the media.

In a last-ditch effort to save the studio, Essanay joined in a four-way merger orchestrated by Chicago distributor George Kleine in 1918.

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 ".

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 ).

Tangwai regarded the arrest of Yu as a signal of complete suppression and decided to make a last-ditch effort by holding radical demonstrations on the street, resulting in the escalating conflict between the conservative KMT and Tangwai.

Most imperial historians have argued that the East India Company was drawn reluctantly into political and military conflict in India, only taking an interest in territorial power and revenue as a last-ditch effort to protect its trading activities.

Coogan has suggested that Reginald Dunne, who had the confidence of both Michael Collins and Rory O ' Connor, undertook the shooting as a last-ditch effort to provoke the British Government into retaliating, thereby uniting both sides of the Nationalists.

With the effective crippling of her best striking arm, Japan was increasingly forced to rely on land-based kamikaze suicide aircraft in a last-ditch effort to stave off total U. S. naval and air supremacy.

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.

Desperate to make good impressions, Romy and Michele make last-ditch attempts to get boyfriends, better jobs, lose weight, and hopefully avoid a second round of the torture they endured during their days at Sagebrush High, mostly at the hands of the " A-Group ", led by cheerleader Christie Masters ( Julia Campbell ).

Paul is eager to begin normal life again, but he hesitantly agrees to his wife's idea of surgery and artificial insemination as a last-ditch effort to get pregnant.

Centre-backs need to focus on the task at hand and get interceptions, last-ditch tackles and headers correctly every time.

Mahoney, Schtulman, and Lassard get together in an last-ditch attempt to stop the gang.

Snively, who runs at Buddy and Josh in a last-ditch effort to get the dog back, is dragged away by the police and arrested, while Josh and the rest of the citizens rejoice for the new home of Buddy.

It then becomes clear that a last-ditch attempt must be made back on Arrakis to destroy the Emperor Worm before he awakes by using the Smugglers Guild to get back to Arrakis.

His offer becomes a necessity as Lana Lang, in a last-ditch effort to get rid of Kryptonians and keep LexCorp afloat, turns a set of Kryptonite caches into " dirty bombs ", which irradiate the entire planet.

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

In a last-ditch attempt to distract him, Anyanka asks how he can be sure the real world is a better one.

In a last-ditch attempt to save the country, the Prague government deposed Tiso as Slovak premier, replacing him with Karel Sidor.

A last-ditch attempt to extend his term, break up opposition by mob attacks and dissolve political bodies failed, as did pleas to the US government to support him.

As a last-ditch effort to halt Jordan's rampage, the Guardians freed Sinestro from the Central Power Battery and sent him to stop Jordan.

He came close to joining boyhood heroes Celtic Fc when then manager Tommy Burns made a last-ditch attempt to sign him from under the noses of Blackburn Rovers.

At last, after making her brother push her higher and higher on a swing in a last-ditch attempt to keep him away from Bunny, Newhouse and other policemen arrive.

Dobbs made a last-ditch attempt to keep Nils inside CNN by attempting to sue him claiming there were " important " and " unfinished " duties that required his attention at CNNfn.

Gaye appears to make a last-ditch attempt to convince Rocco to take her with him and uses the embrace to steal Rocco's gun, which she passes to Frank surreptitiously.

In a last-ditch attempt to kill the badger, Raga Bol tricks Lonna into coming out to the open where a group of spear chuckers wait to slay him.

In a last-ditch attempt to make him stay, Worla revealed the dark prophecy to his grandson, but Norda ripped up his life-scroll and flew away.

However, his lawyer, Edward Greenspan, made a last-ditch motion using a rarely-used provision, which granted him another delay.

In a last-ditch effort, Bart charges at Montymort and stabs him in the shin with his magic wand.

, an owarai robot who had been training in the Kansai region, is called back to the laboratory by Dr. Emon, who remodels him into a military robot in a last-ditch effort to stop his evil counterpart.

As Olsen is about to deliver a killing blow to Batman — who had been attacking him in a last-ditch effort with Lantern-enhanced strength — he is stopped by a surprisingly strong hand belonging to one of the farmers.

Lambert had escaped from the Tower where General George Monck had imprisoned him, and had tried to raise the supporters of the Good Old Cause in a last-ditch attempt to stop the English Restoration in 1660.

Tracking Sakaki, Haseo defeats him after he purposely infects himself with AIDA in a last-ditch effort to gain control of the network.

In a last-ditch effort to stop the attempted resurrection, Anna charges into battle with Krassel, defeating him.

Zarok transforms into a cobra and a last-ditch attempt, but Dan manages to defeat him.

In a last-ditch effort to kickstart his playing the coach selected him in the senior list, but he failed to have any impact.