As the campaign neared an end, the letters grew more impassioned.

But as of Thursday, with the campaign nearing its final two weeks, donations were about $1 million behind last year's pace.

By the summer of 1806, the Napoleonic Wars were two years old and the first major campaign at sea, the Trafalgar campaign, was nearing its climax.

As the campaign neared its goal, Fenner and his team played an important role in verifying eradication.

As the campaign neared the end, Obama jumped to a national lead, helped by the September financial crisis, but remained behind in Georgia polling.

As the official campaign neared an end, Sandinista leaders have staged increasingly impressive events, and have far outstripped the opposition in advertising.

But the western campaign was nearing its conclusion.

By the mid-1960s the long campaign for ending capital punishment was nearing a climax.

The lull had raised hopes that the 20-year campaign for Basque independence was nearing its end.

As the campaign neared its climax, the polls showed that Oliver Russell was the front-runner.