1.   It was an enforced absence from work, but at least it gave me a little time to catch my breath before the final push.

2.   All that was needed was one final push, and the enemy would be vanquished once and for all.

3.   Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence has to prepare his players for a final push after a gruelling season.

4.   An accounting gain related to the decline of the value of the euro provided a final push.

5.   And if the Braves needed a final push, it came from incoming batting coach Merv Rettenmund, who spent his past nine seasons in San Diego.

6.   And it may give those who have been ambivalent about remaining in the business a final push out the door.

7.   Bradley said he would launch a new advertising campaign next week in a final push to catch Gore.

8.   After all the speeches and rallies, proposals and debates, attack advertisements and news conferences, now comes the final push to turn out voters.

9.   Briefly Three players will be making their final push to secure the Rookie of the Year Award, selected by peer balloting.

10.   But a Perot aide, Russell Verney, said Monday that the campaign was merely husbanding its resources for the final push.