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 for a regular income, he joined a blues group called Crawling King Snakes, whose lead singer was a young Robert Plant.

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

Desperate to avoid possible war with France, Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris in 1802 to negotiate a settlement, with instructions to go to London to negotiate an alliance if the talks in Paris failed.

Desperate to avoid identification, Themistocles cajoled the captain of the ship to continue the journey immediately.

Desperate to avoid a second devastating heartbreak to his wife, LaFarge stands outside Spaulding's home and finds " Tom " now masquerading as Lavinia.

Desperate to make good impressions, Romy and Michele make last-ditch attempts to get boyfriends, better jobs, lose weight, and hopefully avoid a second round of the torture they endured during their days at Sagebrush High, mostly at the hands of the " A-Group ", led by cheerleader Christie Masters ( Julia Campbell ).

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.

Music video director Darren Lynn Bousman had just completed a script for his first film The Desperate, and was trying to sell it to studios but was getting reactions that the script was very similar to Saw.

Desperate to find her star, Allyson ( along with adult ' mentor ' Paul and kid cameraman ) stumbles upon Danny Sinclair ( Johnny Pacar ), who proves to be her best shot at getting on the show.

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 to find a way to get back into the local party's good graces quickly, Alan takes the advice of Norman, now ready for his final sex-change operation and going by the name of " Norma ," to cozy up to the owner of an American fast food chain, Lamb Burger Guzzler, which is planning to open 200 stores throughout Britain and will be locating its factory in either Haltemprice or Wales.

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

Desperate to make him smarter by saying a first word, Lilith herself tries to raise him at home without success, so Frasier takes him to the bar without notifying her.

Desperate, Vito's mother takes her son to see the Mafia chieftain herself and begs him to spare Vito.

Desperate to prove herself, she takes charge of one of Batman's contingency plans: To get all of Gotham's crime lords under the control of Orpheus, an agent of Batman, and therefore under the control of Batman himself.

Desperate people contact him via the Internet and he only takes the cases that interest him.

Desperate, Jossi escapes by throwing himself into a small boat, but the current catches him and takes him to certain death in the waterfall, upon which Karl cannot resist crying despite his treason.

" 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 for a job, Hastings accepted the offer of an apprenticeship with an English engineer who claimed to have made a machine to extract gold in North Wales.

Burke got his first professional acting job in 1987 in the ABC TV movie Desperate.

Desperate to keep his job, Sagamore realizes that Kabir is responsible for Epifania's erratic behavior and goes to see the doctor.

Desperate for a job, he reluctantly allows " Prince " Thomas, the crooked owner of a sleazy bar where he has been working part-time, to introduce him to J. Lyman " Bruiser " Stone, a ruthless but successful ambulance chaser, who makes him an associate.

Desperate, unable to find a job as an ex-convict, she turns to a well-known New York City jewelry store owner ( and fence ) who helps her make some fast money in a jewel heist.