51.  The last option available to Ward is to appeal the deportation order to the Federal Court of Canada and ask for a stay while the case is heard.

52.  The last option is seen as mostly likely, lawmakers said today.

53.  The last option is the most controversial.

54.  The last option was seen as mostly likely, lawmakers said Sunday.

55.  The last option will be to lay off employees and cut salaries for those remaining.

56.  Union leaders said they would strike only as a last option, while chamber officials expressed optimism that a deal could be negotiated.

57.  Yeltsin faced a difficult dilemma, and the use of force was probably his last option, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said.

58.  However, military action is considered as the last option.

59.  At first the mediating countries threatened economic sanctions, but later sent top officials to negotiate a settlement saying sanctions would be a last option if talks failed.

60.  US Defense Secretary William Cohen seems willing to consider the last option, saying that after a few years three options present themselves.