Instead, it was Sammut who wrapped up the points at the other end with nine minutes left when the bounce fell kindly following his own kick through.
Another contributor was the expansion of international peacekeeping forces, which really do keep the peace not always, but far more often than when adversaries are left to fight to the bitter end.
They like to point out, too, that America has abandoned them before, cutting aid and military support when Soviet forces left Afghanistan at the end of the 1980s.
And within a minute, the visitors were behind when Bessone's left-hand cross at the other end found Pratley at the near post to volley home his second of the game and put the Swans back in front.
Viduka castigated Downing for not delivering his cross more quickly, but when the England international picked up on the ball on the left at the end of the first half he had clearly learned his lesson.
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Republican staffers enjoyed a similar boost when many of their employers left office at the end of 2006.
The Suns had a chance at the end when Dragic purposely missed the second of two free with 3 seconds left and Phoenix's Hamed Haddadi controlled the rebound.
The Suns had a chance at the end when Dragic purposely missed the second of two free with 3 seconds left and Phoenix' Hamed Haddadi controlled the rebound.
He says he'll never be able to forget the end of that trip, when he left his son at the airport.
Skip David Murdoch picked up a couple of early singles before being gifted a two when German skip Andy Kapp left his final stone short on the fourth end.
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Gambhir's innings came to an end when Johnson somehow scuttled a delivery through the left-hander's defences to bowl him for 29 off 81 balls.
Motaeb could have nicked it at the end of normal time when he had a great chance on his left foot but hit the side-netting instead of the back of the net.
An increasingly tempestuous relationship between the two personalities came to an end on 1 July 2003, when Beckham left Manchester United to join Real Madrid.
The left hander's three-hour innings came to an end soon after when his attempted sweep off Nathan Hauritz popped into the hands of Brad Haddin.
That means full Twitter and Facebook integration, with sidebars to outline what your friends or contacts are watching at that very moment, so you don't end up feeling left out when your office's favorite show is discussed at the water cooler the next day.
When, at the end of the story, the two women disappear, you are left hoping against hope that they have been stolen away by love.
Marshall was out towards the end of the second session when he got a leading edge to a delivery from left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr.
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Dravid eventually fell just before lunch when left-armer Herath palmed a shot from Laxman onto the stumps at the non-striker's end and caught Dravid backing up too far.
With five minutes left, Darwen substitute Arron McCarthy almost grabbed an equaliser when he shot wide from close range after getting on the end of an Oliver Telford cross.
That proved to be the end, Welham increasing the home misery when he won a chase with five minutes left, before Murrell's drop-goal merely rubbed Hull's noses in it.
But the Bears' free throw struggles that nearly cost them in the second round against South Florida returned when Jemerigbe missed the front-end of a 1-and-1 with 27 seconds left.
When James committed an offensive foul with 2 seconds left in the third quarter, his first turnover since the end of Game 2, the Pacers got a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Stephenson to make it 77-70.
Where -- given that the end of the year is the deadline, when in December are there not enough days left?
Azhar was dropped by David Wheeldon at gully off left-arm seamer Jack Shantry when he had made only 10, before a mix-up found him at the same end as opening partner Hameed.
Fidel Edwards was then caught behind off left-armer Mitchell Johnson for one and the innings finally came to an end in disappointing fashion for Chanderpaul, when he tamely thumped a MacGill full toss straight to mid-on.
About 16 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide, but fans were left disappointed when it seemed as though Adams' early death ended the series with all the main characters seemingly meeting a grisly end.
Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.
Shell had planned to have six new wells fully drilled in the Chuckchi Sea (Alaska) before year-end, but snafus when it tested spill containment equipment and the onset of the winter freeze left it with no wells completed.
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