Then, last week, the last-minute compromise was worked out.

A last-minute compromise worked out earlier this week avoided a threatened Presidential veto.

And some negotiators said they still hoped the Social Security proposal could be accepted as a last-minute compromise.

But there is no reason that the inevitable last-minute compromises cannot be made on deadline rather than weeks after.

No last-minute compromise was reached, and the despondent crew returned to shore unable to race.

But as international pressure on Mr. Arafat increased, other officials held out the hope of a last-minute compromise.

But it's possible; 10 years ago a last-minute legislative compromise took precedence over a Federal court proposal.

But it contains the hallmarks of a last-minute compromise with conservative critics of the market system.

Perhaps feeling the pressure, a group of seven Republicans joined with seven Democrats in a last-minute compromise.

It was not that he had any less reason to be happy with the last-minute compromise, which he had played a critical role in shaping.