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Lang was desperate for more information concerning the matter, but the Sentinels had clammed up about it.

He did not look like he was going to win anyone over but by the end of the tournament everyone was desperate for him to stay on.

The truth was that polar bears are ferocious wild animals and can become desperate for food in the ice-free summer months.

The power of controlling your situation, to be able to stop the war and rest, is something that our soldiers are quietly desperate for.

Community leaders said the delays are causing uncertainty in an area desperate for much-needed regeneration.

After 2 years his mother is still desperate for news of her beloved son.

Movie studios and exhibitors are desperate for a hit, with 2008 attendance down more than 6 percent compared with a year ago.

I'm not as desperate for a change as you are. A change for me would be starting a new hobby or just buying something new.

However, his La Liga stint hasn't been the happiest and he's desperate for an Italian return after losing his place in the side.

Like I said, I was ready to go, hungry for adventure, itching for danger, desperate for a story to tell.

Matos is desperate for a recognition that she does not deserve, ' said Mrs. Perez's children in a press release in March.

Arab leaders, just like those of any other country, remain desperate for a secure back channel to Washington.

And that was before she spent her first yuan on food. But to a girl desperate for freedom, hunger was better than another year in a factory.

Lindsay was desperate for Mischa to clean herself up and offered a treatment facility and a therapist to help Mischa.

Although the size of the writedown is welcome, euro-zone leaders are desperate for it to be "voluntary" .

Dr Marshall said he is desperate for the country to listen to business and create the right courses to fit the jobs that are available.

With a little political finessing , it knows it has the one commodity everyone is now desperate for: finance.

There is no doubt that China is no longer desperate for foreign capital.

Many employers are treating existing and potential employees as if they're desperate for work.

China might have once been desperate for foreign capital but this is no longer the case.

It has been an excruciating wait for survivors , desperate for news of relatives and friends they have not been able to contact .

But although he was desperate for an exit strategy, he faced constant resistance from his generals.

Yet institutional and sometimes private investors queue up to back them, desperate for exposure to the latest fashion.

I had no formal training and no idea what I was getting into, but I was desperate for something other than the status quo.

Sometimes really stupid man, like a girl, on the computer screen can be desperate for half an hour, only for the girl QQ reply.

The moose probably did what she did because she was desperate for food.

A year later, my cruel and desperate for your story.

We've all been there - in bed, desperate for sleep but unable to switch off the thoughts running through our heads.

But Henry, desperate for a male heir, thought the marriage cursed after Anne produced only a daughter and multiple miscarriages.

But with empty coffers and a pesky rule that budgets must be balanced, state and local leaders are desperate for quick cash.

Still, if he could join a team desperate for perimeter shooting, say the Jazz or 76ers, Gordon should be a decent option for fantasy owners.

For those fresh out of university, desperate for work but unable to get it, there is a savage imbalance between supply and demand.

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Europe's central bankers are desperate for it to take over the bond-buying duties if markets stay skittish over Italy and Spain.

Boys are often sold to families desperate for an heir; girls can be reared as future brides for rural men.

Waheeba, desperate for her daughter to fit in to Sudanese society and anxious that no man will want to marry her, circumcises her in secret.

Plenty of African entrepreneurs find some funds' concerns to promote equity and transparency irrelevant in a marketplace desperate for cash.

A young population with no memory of the revolution is desperate for jobs its leaders have failed to provide.

All are desperate for white-collar jobs that are not easy to come by in China's manufacturing economy.

Some parents searching for a wet nurse say they're desperate for an alternative to possibly tainted milk powder.

She doesn't want you to assume that she is here because she is desperate for a man. Specially the newcomers.

Desperate for international aid and recognition, their adversary may be raising the stakes to break their nerve.

In a recession, people and companies are likely to get desperate for more deductions and a hard look at their books.

Homosexual relations are common, often between previously heterosexual women desperate for companionship within the prison walls.

Desperate for a Halloween costume to wear to a party, my 43-year-old daughter had an inspired idea.

Banks are so desperate for the security of government paper that they are accepting yields close to zero on three-month Treasury bills.

"The Chinese were desperate for a foothold in the Mediterranean and we were able to provide it, " purrs a Greek official.

But for nervous investors and worried politicians, desperate for details and prices, the "plan" was a grave disappointment.

After a month in which tourism had dried up, Egyptians were desperate for the return of the foreigner on whom their economy depends.

Especially after 60 years of communism and wave after wave of class struggle, Chinese are desperate for trust.

Desperate for his scalp, the Democrats want to subpoena Mr Rove: the president, citing executive privilege, refuses to give him up.

Desperate for that killer gift for those got-everything-already relatives?

Faking a strong interest in a particular industry is preferable to telling a recruiter you're desperate for any job he or she has to offer.

Desperate for cash, Chewie and Han took on a charter of two passengers and their droids from Tatooine to Alderaan.

Desperate for relief from high prices, workers are growing more frustrated with the widening gap between the rich and poor.

If he was arrested, others would pile in, as long as the "drug-crazed West" was desperate for what the East could grow.

Desperate for motivation, she signed up for April's St. Louis Marathon, "but my heart wasn't in it, " says Golaszewski.

It's no wonder, then, that women all over the world are desperate for a better option.

This woman is desperate for a baby and willing to try almost anything to get pregnant.

Mr Gaddafi is one of a handful of Middle Eastern investors entering an industry that is desperate for new funding.

Desperate for cash, Juno agrees to help his ex-partner, Maggie Orzo, solve a difficult case.

And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.

Desperate for drinking water, he used holy objects to make a simple desalination device .

People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.

They are able to charge high interest rates, because companies are desperate for cash.

Construction projects across the country are desperate for local liaisons.

It will also earn the plaudits of business Republicans who are desperate for a pragmatic solution to the immigration problem.

If you're desperate for money, make sure you sign up for a short study.

Unbalanced Asian economies are desperate for unbalanced US consumers to start spending again and spark another post-crisis recovery.

Countries, desperate for revenues, are exacerbating the situation by imposing additional taxes and covenants on existing mining ventures.

GM, which has its own problems in Europe, is desperate for Fiat Auto to sort itself out before it can be forced to take over.

He's now a quasi-religious figure in a country desperate for a math Moses.

Shas's fast-growing young constituency is desperate for housing, so this waiver is critical for the party.

The Magic coach has been desperate for some relief, resorting to a pep talk for Alston that even he admitted was far-fetched.

Desperate for cash, the politicians milked businesses pursuing government contracts.

A traveler was stumbling through the desert, desperate for water, then he saw something, far off in the distance.

A lonely frog, desperate for a company telephoned the Psychic Hotline to find out what his future has in store.

After five months of winter, we can desperate for some kinder weather and a chance to enjoy life out of doors.

But it still has a growing number of arts groups which are desperate for mid-sized space downtown.

Desperate for a baby, infertile mothers are advertising for egg donors on the web.

The town of Balakot, about 15 kilometers from the quake's epicenter, where the survivors are still desperate for emergency assistance.

Flat birth rates in developed economies have put pressure on durable consumer-goods companies desperate for top-line growth.

Desperate for money Rodney and Leon start up a low budget strip club in Rodney s parents basement.

The farms most desperate for workers do not have the means to pay for new recruits.

A decade ago, impoverished migrants gathered outside factories in cities like Dongguan, desperate for work.

Investors have also been desperate for shares in Chinese companies listed on American stock exchanges (see table).

The business took off as wineries, desperate for closures that wouldn't cause cork taint, lined up to buy his product.

Bob: Cool, I've run out and I'm absolutely desperate for a smoke.

Poom is desperate for the deal, but Arsenal will have to trade England Under-21 starlet Hoyte to get their man.

Other convenience stores that survived the waves also had their front doors broken by people desperate for food and water.

Veterans of the war were desperate for relief.

But job cuts and online obligations mean journalists are also more desperate for copy, making them a softer touch.

Desperate for any job, they play down qualifications and experience in their applications.

Due to business needs , the company is desperate for a skilled person who is satisfying personnel recruitment demands.

Both girls are now desperate for the senseless deaths to stop.

After the accident, desperate for answers, I visited many priests and asked why all my girls were taken.

But for a woman who's desperate for a baby, this is incredibly important.

Sarai is the first of a long line of barren women who were desperate for children.

It helps when all companies in an industry are desperate for revenue.

He says: 'I get letters constantly from people who feel very let down by the medical profession and who are desperate for answers. '

All the studios scream that they're desperate for new talent, and then they put up a big wall and won't let anybody in.

Believe me-I see the letters of hundreds of men desperate for advice on how to win their ex back.

Savers, desperate for income, will buy almost any bonds at all.

Desperate for his father's approval, he hammers together a catapult designed to bring down his tribe's scaly enemies.

The couple met in 2000 while working for a supermarket in their home town and were desperate for a family after marrying in 2004.

I'm desperate for love. . . I think I should make the most of the resources of this dating website.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him.

Desperate for cash, Solo took a charter to the Alderaan system.

In spite of that increase, India remains desperate for FDI.

Third, those desperate for cash may use more subjective criteria, such as mental illness and "bad back" , to try to win benefits.

But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin was desperate for hard currency.

For some reason they are desperate for the boy to fail and I don't understand it.

Goats are so desperate for the tasty meal that they will even climb tall trees to get to it.

Mills in the South were closer to raw material and offered jobs to Southern laborers desperate for work.

After a couple of days of teasing each other and sly fumbles under the sheets we both began feeling a little desperate for some action.

There have also been reports of relief trucks being held up by survivors desperate for food and water.

It's not that I am desperate for such a break myself.

Mutual-fund investors are so desperate for income they'll accept almost anything.

"Eight years ago, Asia as a whole was desperate for money but now it is desperate to spend it. "

Phrases like "under the gun" and "make sales quota" can indicate that an employee is desperate for a bit extra.

If such crime is a rational act, one might expect it to increase as residents get poorer and more desperate for cash.

In the heat people are desperate for water.

Men became desperate for work, any work, which will help them maintain their families.

Those who were really desperate for these sweets would even skip class or work and stand in line for hours to get some.

One reason is that the banks most desperate for dollars are not the ones with big American subsidiaries.

With family and friends I was closed in, unable to talk, desperate for them to change the subject and move on.

How pathetic! China is so desperate for attention, it claims credit for something it didn't do.

The first is that because oil accounts for a third of operating costs, airlines are desperate for more fuel-efficient planes.

Henry, King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547, was desperate for a male heir to continue the Tudor line.

He was desperate for work to provide for a large family.

His return to the fold would galvanise Macca's duds and, hopefully, give Rooney the foil he is desperate for.

It's hardly surprising they are quiet when West Brom or Norwich come to town. Other home crowds may be more desperate for success!

Perhaps North Korea, desperate for cash, is really interested.

He "d been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency. "

Two girls battling the elements, desperate for survival.

People become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.

desperate for work to provide for a large family.

Many of the large banks, which were desperate for space in October, are sacking employees today.

Desperate for nourishment, the troops stripped bark from the trees to eat and boiled up their leather belts.

But I'm desperate for real English food.

Desperate for freedom, he steals a futuristic race car and makes his escape.

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Portugal, too, is not anything like as desperate for cash as Greece was in the spring.

Men became desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.

A family recently showed up at the Yale clinic, desperate for their son to be potty trained.

Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep their families alive.

Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep alive their families.

I asked Megan at the end of my story, exasperated and desperate for advice.

I arrived with ten minutes to spare for a fave tv prog - 19. 50 - so was desperate for a quick check in.

Men became desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep their families.

I was desperate for the toilet, but both cubicles in the changing-room were occupied.

In a man, a big smile may make him appear too feminine or more desperate for sex.

And, although she shouldn't get her hopes up, publishers these days were desperate for new talent.

But the main reason cinemas are going digital is that they are desperate for an edge.

Monitor your body language to make sure you don't seem too desperate for the job, or too eager to please.

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Michael: Scrub it. I'm not that desperate for the answer!

B: Please do. We 're desperate for the material .

Men became desperate for work, any work, which will help.

If they raise the cash, that tells you two things: They are desperate for the cash.

Most of young people are desperate for recognition.

Perhaps Britain will get more protective about foreigners when it is less desperate for their cash.

Men become desperate for work, any work, which will help them to keep.

Jake: Definitely legal. A coffee only costs 7 RMB there. Everything is cheap. And the girls there are desperate for foreigners like us.

his parents and sisters are desperate for news.

Men become desperate for any kind of work, which will help them to keep alive their families.

He was desperate for money to save his little daughter.

I mean, I've never met someone so desperate for meaning.

He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything.

I'm hopeless and awkward and desperate for love!

But time and again, analysts say, China's own steel makers, desperate for iron ore, buy it anyway.

Texas cotton is desperate for water.

Why bother? I'm not desperate for money right now.

The right-back helped the Swiss reach the last 16 in 2006 and is desperate for another chance to play on football's biggest stage.

DREAM: You are desperate for the toilet.

Desperate for new revenue, companies are making a big bet on cancer.

Then there is the chance that, as the housing bubble in China deflates, investors desperate for yield will force up stocks instead.

In some cases, local officials may even encourage people desperate for a son to buy one.

The man lost in the desert was desperate for oasis.

The man lost in the desert was desperate for water.

I'm desperate for money right now.

Desperate for a better future if she can find a way to rescale her past.

Desperate for a better future if she can find a way to escape her past.

Please save water! More and more places have been desperate for water in recent years.

Gallingly for a party that is desperate for some good news, they may do so again.

But they have no clue how to search for those three and they are now desperate for ANY help.

Some people cut because they feel desperate for relief from bad feelings.

Argentina are our main rivals, so they will be desperate for us to lose.

Desperate for cash, he sells gold in order to load up on paper!

If you're desperate for money, what are some things you can do to make money fast?

I was desperate for fresh ideas. That is why I'm sitting here in this downtown park.

The right-back helped the Swiss reach the last16 in 2006 and is desperate for another chance to play on football'sbiggest stage.

Desperate for land, 3, 000 people live in the reserve, torching forest to clear plots for corn and other crops.

Appear desperate for a job-any job.

REITs became desperate for equity capital last year as most sources of debt financing shut down.

The problem for the Chinese is that they are desperate for all the iron ore they can get.

Now she is desperate for a job, any job.

He was desperate for work in order to support his family.

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The family of British teacher Brian Hickebottom were desperate for news of the 34-year-old, his infant daughter and Japanese wife

Mother bears are always desperate for food for their cubs,

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