61.   I backed off a little, but I tried to attack the last hurdle.

62.   If the questioning finally takes place on Monday, the last hurdle for a renewal of the indictment would be lifted.

63.   In Atlanta, there was no trip over the last hurdle, no mishap at the end of the race.

64.   It could have been a double-double had she not crashed at the last hurdle in Barcelona four years ago, with the race virtually clinched.

65.   Last evening, the Federal Communications Commission gave conditional approval to the deal, the last remaining hurdle before it could be completed.

66.   Negotiators have reached a tentative deal on the education and health spending bill that has posed the last major hurdle to Congress concluding its overextended session.

67.   Olympic champion Angelo Taylor failed to qualify when his right foot clipped the last hurdle in the first of three semifinal heats Wednesday night.

68.   She was far ahead in the finals when she hit the last hurdle and stumbled across the finish line in fourth place.

69.   Senate approval was the last legislative hurdle.

70.   That deal, approved by the Edmonton city council on Friday, was the last major hurdle the bidders had to clear.