Xerox said it had received last-minute waivers from its lenders and that in any event it would have had to pay only $220 million, a sum amply covered by its $2 billion in cash.
Two Tennessee inmates who were scheduled to die this week in back-to-back executions received last-minute reprieves today when a federal appellate court ruled that more time was needed to review their cases.
About a week after the California State Bar refused to allow a disabled law student to take the bar exam, claiming registration problems, the student received last-minute approval for the test on Monday from the State Supreme Court.
The Protect Marriage campaign, which spent nearly $40 million, also received last-minute donations of $150,000 from the Knights of Columbus and $400,000 from Howard F. Ahmanson Jr., a backer of conservative causes, both of whom donated more than $1 million in total.
When the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 was signed into law by President Bush on May 17, 2006, taxpayers received last-minute, albeit temporary, relief from the alternative minimum tax, as well as a two-year extension on the dividend and capital gains tax rate cuts.
But we received last-minute word that Beyonce was going to use the pre-recorded vocal track.
On the Web, corporate controllers receive last-minute reports on dozens of accounts, which a decade ago might have required multiple phone calls.
And right now, the girls were behind a closed door, gathered in a circle with their arms locked at the elbows, receiving last-minute instructions from their coach and bowing their heads in prayer.
Witnesses claim Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) before allegedly opening fire on a group of US soldiers receiving last-minute health checks – as well as signing their wills – before being deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Jelena arrived at the National Tennis Center alone yesterday morning for practice, and was driven back to her Manhattan hotel so she could have lunch and receive last-minute instructions from her father.
After receiving last-minute whispered instructions from a friend he had made in Paris, he took "six steps exactly" (the famed "leap to freedom" was, in fact, a short walk) away from the K.G.B. agents guarding him and toward two undercover French policemen who were waiting.
