The President said all along that the last week to 10 days would prove decisive.
What would prove decisive though was small arms fire from the American vessel.
Events of 1917 proved decisive in ending the war, although their effects were not fully felt until 1918.
Ones that proved so decisive in holding off the British even if for a brief moment.
Two events in the early sixties would prove particularly decisive for his development as a poet.
However, what had proved decisive was the Americans' better gunnery.
But the B-52 never proved decisive in a cold war conflict.
As the last area where an attack could prove decisive, it is popular with spectators.
Still, in the end, neither side believes that the vice presidential race will prove decisive.
The role of the British military mission in these events proved decisive.