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.

In 1992, Witherspoon appeared in the TV movie Desperate Choices: To Save My Child, portraying a critically ill young girl.

Although much of the latter's material is derived from Franny Moyle's factual book Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites, the series occasionally departs from established facts in favour of dramatic licence and is prefaced by the disclaimer: " In the mid-19th century, a group of young men challenged the art establishment of the day.

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.

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

In the words of Victor Lederer, " Desperate to sink his teeth into a project of substance, the young composer accepted the type of old-fashioned libretto he dreaded, filled with howlers and lusty choruses of soldiers calling for wine.

In Desperate Remedies a young woman, Cytherea Graye, is forced by poverty to accept a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had been unable to marry.

Desperate for a scapegoat, Querelle befriends Gilbert " Gil " Turko, a young man fleeing arrest for the murder of a man who propositioned him, with the intention of framing him for Vic's murder.

After Hoffman showed the script to his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules, the two decided that " The Desperate " was the starting script they needed for Saw II and two months later, Bousman was flown to Toronto to direct.

Desperate to hold on to Hart, Dinah finally revealed the lengths she had gone to keep him – taking Vanessa's pills, which almost killed her, and starting the fire that scarred her.

Desperate for pitching, the Mets were forced to give up Nady, their starting right fielder, to the Pirates in exchange for pitchers Óliver Pérez and Roberto Hernandez.

Contrastingly, U. S. shows – such as Desperate Housewives or Weeds – portray the suburbs as concealing darker secrets behind a façade of perfectly manicured lawns, friendly people, and beautifully up-kept houses.

Desperate Dan is sitting at a table with a load of empty cow pie dishes behind him.

Desperate Dan is in Cactusville holding Jak and Todd and other Dandy characters are behind him.

Desperate to keep Trulli behind, Webber braked very late for the corner, and locked his front-right brake.

Desperate to join the Mirvans on their trip to London, Evelina entreats her guardian to let her attend them, promising that the visit will last only a few weeks.

These include Becker, Carpoolers, Comedy Central Presents, Committed, Desperate Housewives, Dinner for Five, Father of the Pride, Grounded for Life, Hot Properties, I Love the ' 70s, I'm with Her, In Plain Sight, Jimmy Kimmel Live !, Joey, Just Shoot Me !, L. A. Blues, Las Vegas, Less Than Kind, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Lovespring International, MADtv, Mr. Show, Odd Job Jack, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, Sketch Pad, South Park, Testing Bob, The King of Queens, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Prodigious Hickey, Stargate Atlantis, The Tick, Tom Goes to the Mayor, What's Up Peter Fuddy ?, What's New, Scooby-Doo ?, Brothers & Sisters, Will & Grace, Hot in Cleveland, True Jackson VP, Eureka and Leverage.

* Morty Flickman, a character on Desperate Housewives portrayed by Bob Newhart

He is known for his role as David Vickers on One Life to Live ( 1994 – 1996, 2001 – 2012 ) and for his role as Bob Hunter on Desperate Housewives ( 2007 – 2012 ).

On October 21, 2007, Watkins made his first appearance on ABC's prime time series Desperate Housewives as Bob Hunter, a new resident of Wisteria Lane who is a gay lawyer with a husband.

* 2007-2012: Desperate Housewives as Bob Hunter ( Role since: Season 4-episode 4 )

* Bob Hunter ( Desperate Housewives ), a fictional character on Desperate Housewives

The list follows Rants and Incendiary Tracts: Voices of Desperate Illumination 1558 – Present, a book edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey.