1.  Ecologists and divers now appear to be losing their final stand.

2.  For Sharpton, it seemed appropriate that his final stand should come in Brooklyn.

3.  For Sharpton, it seemed appropriate that his final stand should come in Brooklyn, where the last votes were counted.

4.  Loyalists have increasingly described this as their final stand.

5.  Police had tried to capture the animal on canal banks and in other areas Saturday and Sunday but it had proved too elusive before its final stand on Monday.

6.  Taliban soldiers staged a final stand against opposition forces, but were quickly defeated.

7.  That, he said, is where the paper would make its final stand.

8.  The Alamo is making one final stand on one design.

9.  The fighters at the training camps might also join the fight if the Taliban seek their support for a final stand.

10.  Once a key supporter of the guerrillas, Thailand has vowed to remain neutral in what appears to be the final stand of the once formidable Khmer Rouge.