On the eve of Election Day, my translator informed me of a last-minute change of plans.

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Nevertheless, one last-minute change may ensure the constitution's approval and perhaps even win it some of the popular legitimacy it has so far lacked.

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Tens of thousands of people were in the station waiting to board a train when railway officials announced a last-minute change in the platform, triggering the chaos.

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"I don't think it's particularly helpful to portray this as some that we've sort of thrown this out as an election year, last-minute change of strategy when we've seen, the last couple of months, a dramatic shift in the amount of sectarian violence, " he says.

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Kyle Herring, a NASA spokesman, said the U.S. space agency had yet to agree to the last-minute Russian change in plans, but would make a decision this week.

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The title of the race was the subject of a last-minute name change, having originally been called the less glamorous sounding Ilkley Handicap Chase, after the West Yorkshire town.

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But with a last-minute schedule change that pushed him out of prime time, Bayh found himself overshadowed by earlier, more stirring talks by Jesse Jackson, Mario Cuomo and First Lady Hillary Clinton.

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Rafsanjani's last-minute registration on Saturday had the potential to change the face of the election.

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And hopefully -- one can hope that Republicans will at the last minute change their mind about deciding to try to score political points out of this.

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Colleges and universities see a fair amount of last-minute movement, known in admissions circles as "summer melt, " when students change their plans or decide to attend another school after getting in off the wait list.

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