91.   Arafat and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Cairo Saturday with Ross but failed to overcome the last hurdles standing in the way of a Hebron agreement.

92.   Despite her failure at the last hurdle, there was plenty to console Pierce.

93.   European Union foreign ministers Monday lifted the last hurdle to the signing of an association treaty with Israel, an EU diplomat said here.

94.   The pact would be the last technical hurdle to a single EU currency.

95.   Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday cleared the last parliamentary hurdle to taking power when the lower house passed a vote of confidence in his government.

96.   Paradorn said he had no regrets at failing to clear the last hurdle.

97.   Supporters and opponents alike of the project both concede that federal environmental approval -- the last hurdle to be overcome -- appears a virtual certainty.

98.   Spanish crowds are getting used to two spectacles in their championship, a fight to the last day and giants Real Madrid faltering at the last hurdle.

99.   The answer -- particularly at the last hurdle -- was supreme luck and organisation.

100.   The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve the takeover, the last hurdle to the deal, which was announced by the two companies earlier this year.