Sentence:  I knew that my attorney was eccentric and a little crazy from time to time but after I saw his performance during the course of the temporary restraining order hearings, I was convinced that he was the right man for the job no matter what. After all, we were up against the entire County of Inyo law-enforcement apparatus and we beat them and now on the <WSD>back stretch</WSD> of this fundamental titanic struggle between good and evil, my attorney in whom I had so much confidence is now no longer ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The middle part of an event.