Still, for whatever reason -- given his majorities in the Congress -- it was now or never.

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Guevares figured it was now or never for his family of four.

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The implication builds in scene after scene that it was truly now or never for abolition by the end of January 1865.

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Speaking in Omagh on Monday, he said it was "now or never for the agreement - there could be no second chances, no replacement and no going back".

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It was me or nobody, now or never.

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