11.   Patriotism, it seems, is the last refuge of spinners.

12.   Patriotism, Samuel Johnson tells us, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

13.   Posterity as redeemer is, like patriotism, a last refuge of scoundrels.

14.   Please excuse the exclamation points, the last refuge of a desperate writer.

15.   Privacy is the last refuge of scoundrels.

16.   Supporters of the ruling say it is a rare, shining example of the federal court exercising its traditional authority as a last refuge against a rogue state prosecution.

17.   The downscale catalogs are the last refuge of surrealism.

18.   The giant fish, long prized as a source of delicate smoked flesh and caviar, is rapidly dwindling in the Hudson River, its last refuge.

19.   The firing of Harris looked to be the last refuge of a desperate coach.

20.   The gigantic stadium, named after the American hero, has often become a court of last refuge.