Desperate for labor to toil the new agricultural settlements, the Conquistadors sought slaves from surrounding islands and the continental mainland.

Desperate measures were taken: contrary to the Roman constitution, Gaius Marius, who had defeated Jugurtha, was elected consul and supreme commander for five years in a row ( 104-100 BC ).

He has since been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme.

These included An Elopement à la Mode and The Pickpocket: A Chase Through London, made by Alf Collins for the British branch of the French Gaumont company, Daring Daylight Burglary, made by Frank Mottershaw at the Sheffield Photographic Company, and Desperate Poaching Affray, made by the Haggar family, whose main business was exhibiting films made by others in their traveling tent theatre.

Desperate for cash because of heavy debts incurred in London in the early postwar period, the Colorados lacked a source of funds except through the sale of the state's vast holdings, which comprised more than 95 percent of Paraguay's total land.

In the 2000s, ABC began to revitalize the primetime soap opera format with shows such as Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, Private Practice and most recently Revenge and Ringer, which they co-produced with CBS for the CW.

* Using a Cellphone Signal to Hunt for a Victim in Desperate Need, The New York Times 20 September 2001.

X's first record deal was with independent label Dangerhouse, for which the band produced two singles, " Adult Books " ( 1978 ) and " Los Angeles " (" We're Desperate " was the b-side to " Adult Books ").

* In No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle for the Wii, Akashic Points are locations that lead to other planes of existence.

Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack ( No. 26 Pop ) featuring " Twist of Fate " ( No. 5 Pop ), " Livin ' in Desperate Times " ( No. 31 Pop ), and a new duet with Travolta, " Take a Chance " ( No. 3 AC ).

Desperate for revenge, Titus orders Lucius to flee Rome and raise an army among their former enemy, the Goths.

Desperate, Wang Lung considers the advice of his pessimistic, worthless uncle ( Walter Connolly ) to sell his land for food, but O-Lan opposes it.

Desperate for any type of military assistance, Constantine XI appealed to the West reaffirming the union of Eastern and Roman Churches which had been signed at the Council of Florence, a condition the Catholic Church imposed before any help could be provided.

Desperate for a miracle, he and Bart go to the greyhound racing track on Christmas Eve in hopes of earning some money.

Desperate for pupils onto whom he could pass his knowledge and unwilling to wait for the emergence of the Children of Ilúvatar, Aulë created his own race of beings, the Dwarves.

Desperate for a star, the team pursued UCLA star Lew Alcindor, and won rights to him in a secret ABA draft.

Louis-Dreyfus was subsequently one of many actresses considered for the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, which would go onto become ABC's mega-hit of the 2004-05 television season.

* Cody Kasch, actor and SAG award winner for Desperate Housewives

Desperate for a miracle, Homer and Bart go to the dog racing track on Christmas Eve in hopes of earning some money.

Desperate, Hyde writes a letter to Lanyon from Jekyll instructing Lanyon to get certain chemicals and have them waiting for him at Lanyon's home.

Desperate to avoid a scandal, von Klugermann sees a solution when Heidemann reports that the new monoplane he has just test-flown is a " death trap ", as its struts are dangerously weak.

Olson was working on her second book, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House ( published October 2001 ) at the time of her death.

Desperate to avoid a possible murder in college, Harriet asks her old friend Wimsey to investigate.

Desperate to save her husband, she decides to pursue Percy to France to warn him that Chauvelin knows his identity and his purpose.

Desperate to make her believe him that he will return, at the last minute, Elliot invites Paula to go with him while he is filming the picture and suggests Lucy stay with a friend until they return.

During the 1950s, Bogarde came to prominence playing a hoodlum who shoots and kills a police constable in The Blue Lamp ( 1950 ) co-starring Jack Warner and Bernard Lee ; a handsome artist who comes to rescue of Jean Simmons during the World's Fair in Paris in So Long at the Fair, a film noir thriller ; an accidental murderer who befriends a young boy played by Jon Whiteley in Hunted ( aka The Stranger in Between ) ( 1952 ); in Appointment in London ( 1953 ) as a young Wing-Commander in Bomber Command who, against orders, opts to fly his 90th mission with his men in a major air offensive against the Germans ; an unjustly imprisoned man who regains hope in clearing his name when he learns his sweetheart, Mai Zetterling, is still alive in Desperate Moment ( 1953 ); Doctor in the House ( 1954 ), as a medical student, in a film that made Bogarde one of the most popular British stars of the 1950s, and co-starring Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and James Robertson Justice as their crabby mentor ; The Sleeping Tiger ( 1954 ), playing a neurotic criminal with co-star Alexis Smith, and Bogarde's first film for American expatriate director Joseph Losey ; Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ), co-starring Brigitte Bardot in one of her first film roles ; as a returning Colonial who fights the Mau-Mau with Virginia McKenna and Donald Sinden in Simba ( 1955 ); Cast a Dark Shadow ( 1955 ), as a man who marries women for money and then murders them ; The Spanish Gardener ( 1956 ), co-starring Michael Hordern, Jon Whiteley, and Cyril Cusack ; Doctor at Large ( 1957 ), again with Donald Sinden, another entry in the " Doctor films series ", co-starring later Bond-girl Shirley Eaton ; the Powell and Pressburger production Ill Met by Moonlight ( 1957 ) co-starring Marius Goring as the German General Kreipe, kidnapped on Crete by Patrick " Paddy " Leigh Fermor ( Bogarde ) and a fellow band of adventurers based on W. Stanley Moss ' real-life account of the WW2 caper ; A Tale of Two Cities ( 1958 ), a faithful retelling of Charles Dickens ' classic ; as a Flt.

With an Oscar nomination on her resume ' Scott found steady movie work for the next four decades, appearing in some major epics like The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, The Desperate Hours, and Airport 1975.

Desperate, he played for her a few chords of an incomplete song that had been inspired by his recent first trip to New York City, which he suggested might be offered to the Drifters.

Desperate for money, she sells her locket, and her hair, before becoming a prostitute (" Lovely Ladies ").

From 2007 to 2009 Bergen had a guest role in Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo's mother, Stella Wingfield, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination.

Alongside the Dandy's Desperate Dan, she was given her own statue in Dundee in 2001.

The media criticised Brown for using her child in the music video and single artwork, labelling her Desperate Spice and insinuating that she was exploiting her child as a marketing tool.

She is perhaps most widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, and has also had series television roles as Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives and Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory.

She took a recurring role on Desperate Housewives – for which she received an Emmy ( also in the category Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series ) and a Satellite Award nomination – and also appeared alongside her ex-husband Jeff Perry in an episode of Grey's Anatomy.

" When a girl pulls out her hair due to supernatural forces in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode " Where the Wild Things Are ," the character Xander remarks, " People are going all ' Felicity ' with their hair ," while in the One Tree Hill episode " The Desperate Kingdom Of Love ," when Lucas walks up to Keith at the beach, his uncle says, " Nice job, Felicity ," referring to his new shorter haircut.

Desperate and starving, Queen seeks help from the Christian black community of Huntsville, which takes her in.

Desperate, Stacy convinces Brad to drive her to a bowling alley, but after he drops her off, he observes her through his rearview mirror going to an abortion clinic across the street.

Desperate to protect her, Yomiko took Nancy and ran off into hiding.

Christina Amphlett of Divinyls can clearly be seen sporting the image on the cover of her band's 1983 album, Desperate.

To mark celebration with her joining the comic, Beryl shares the spotlight with Desperate Dan on the 1994 Dandy Annual.

Desperate for some cash, Reggie agrees but is cheated out of the money by Chaffinch, who takes the money and runs off to New York.

Desperate for another chance at Olympic glory, Doug agrees to work as Kate's partner, even though he has a macho contempt for figure skating.

Desperate to keep Chad happy, Nick agrees that Nicole is not very good.