But shoppers also continued spending right up until the last minute: Dec. 23, a bonus Saturday before Christmas Eve, was second only to Black Friday for spending in a single day this year, Quinlan said.
The renaming of the Stewards' Cup "was a decision we had to make at the last minute", March said, "and we were very happy with it at the time.
"I lost James Beattie in the last minute last January and I've lost Michael Tonge at half past 10 on 31 August," Blackwell said.
The statue, a sandstone masterwork with a catalog estimate of $2 million to $3 million, was pulled from auction at the last minute last March after the Cambodian government complained it had been "illegally removed" from the country.
Eve Campbell was determined to beat the last-minute December rush, not for Christmas shopping or airline tickets, but for Obamacare.
Kenneth Clarke joined a last-minute march away from the centre ground of politics yesterday as he struggled to avoid the wooden spoon in today's first ballot for the vacant Tory leadership, a result which would, in effect, end his ambitions in public life.
Celta were unlucky not to score, Iago Aspas hitting the bar with a free-kick and John Guidetti forcing a last-minute Jan Oblak save with a backheel.
WEEK LONG VACATION RENTALS: $290 Last-minute March stays across North America (24-hour sale).
Petal Pushing: Because of last-minute March rain storms, spring is turning out to be the best season for Southern California wildflowers since the drought began five years ago.
Synchronization is achieved by making the last minute of June or December contain 61 (or, possibly, 59) seconds.
