A fight to the finish between competitor number five and six, half a lap behind the winner, can be just as important as the actual winner.
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This may indeed be a fight to the finish, and it is then that the world community will have to work overtime to put what emerges right again.
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But ground-power advocates in the Pentagon and Congress, including the newly formed Senate Army Caucus, rose to its defense and vowed a fight to the finish.
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That means a fight to the finish between the Bosnian Muslim government and rebel Bosnian Serbs, with the international community trying to make sure the conflict doesn't spread.
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But Mong-koo, humiliated by Mong-hun in the war for leadership, signaled a fight to the finish at Hyundai Motor, and his board supported him.
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Botvinov fell during his leg, causing Austria to lose its large lead, setting up a fight to the finish between Austria's Hoffmann and Norway's Alsgaard.
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Level with three wins apiece, India and the West Indies have vowed a fight to the finish in the deciding game of their seven-match limited-overs cricket series.
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Under its banner headline, " BCCI ups World Cup ante, " the Hindustan Times said a fight to the finish could mean that India skips the World Cup.
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"It's a fight to the finish . . . . The battle is to decide whether you shall become a New Yorker or turn the rankest outlander and Philistine.
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The finale of " Sex and the City, " to air in the United States Sunday, promises to be a fight to the finish for the heart of Carrie Bradshaw.