Desperate to prevent Deacon exposing his family to pain and scandal, Will tied him up in the bell-chamber, planning to bribe him to leave, but became helpless with Spanish influenza next day.

Desperate to prevent a British breakthrough, Rommel ordered the division's

Desperate to save their dog, the Griffin family attempts to release Brian, and prevent him from being euthanized.

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 the money, Dempsey would occasionally visit saloons and challenge for fights saying " I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any SOB in the house.

Desperate and overmatched, but determined to resist, the Acarnanians sent their women, children and old men to seek refuge in Epirus, and the rest marched to the frontier, having sworn an oath to fight to the death, " invoking a terrible curse " upon any who were forsworn.

After Desperate Dan took over the front page in 1985, the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the 1991 book-the first ever Dandy Annual not to feature Korky on the front in any way.

Desperate to defeat Yugi, Kaiba turns to Maximillion Pegasus, creator of Duel Monsters, to gain any new cards designed to defeat the God cards.

Desperate to prove himself against any Autobot, he wreaks havoc in the jungle to lure Ironhide into his trap.

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.

A prelude to the forthcoming summer gigs in London, Prince played a relaxed set of classic hits (" Kiss ", changing the lyric from " You don't have to watch Dynasty " to Desperate Housewives, " Girls & Boys ", and " Nothing Compares 2 U ") alongside more recent tracks, plus a well-received cover version of Gnarls Barkley's " Crazy ".

Elfman also wrote the themes for more than a dozen TV series, including The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Tales from the Crypt and Desperate Housewives.

With Desperate Dan's revamp when the Dandy got a facelift in September 2004, both were drawn in the same style ( as opposed to the ' old ' Desperate Dan where Ken drew things more detailed ).

Desperate to make the company more successful and profitable, Johnson created other concepts, such as HoJos Campgrounds and 3 Penny Inns for lodging, as well as Deli Baker Ice Cream Maker, Chatt's, and Bumbershoot's for restaurants.

His mother, even more rough-looking and masculine than his already tough father, bears a striking resemblance to Desperate Dan, a character from the same comic, including the pronounced stubble.

Desperate for cash, Miller fell to churning out pornography on commission for an Oklahoma oil baron at a dollar per page, but after two 100-page stories that brought him US $ 200, he could do no more.

Other, more serialized series, like Desperate Housewives, will air all of their episodes in order.

Cole played Katherine Mayfair's ex-husband Wayne on Desperate Housewives and has more recently played the dangerous drug lord Ted Jones in Pineapple Express with Seth Rogen and James Franco.

Desperate to locate the rest of the Phalanx, to once more feel the sense of unity and togetherness they shared, it absorbed more and more people, hopping to gain the strength needed to signal them.

It had an 11 % share of the audience and some episodes managed to beat more popular programmes, such as Desperate Housewives, and some films, such as Ali G Indahouse, which were airing on rival channels at the time.

On December 16, 2009, Famitsu magazine revealed the first screenshots of the " Desperate Escape " episode, as well as three more characters for Mercenaries Reunion: Heavy Metal Chris, Business Suit Sheva and Josh Stone.

Desperate to break what seems to be a cosmic curse, he tries ever more bizarre schemes to seduce one the sexy, scantily-clad women who seem to be everywhere, taunting him and enjoying his misery.

He has appeared on several popular TV shows such as 24, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, West Wing, Judging Amy, Law & Order and many more.

Arm first used the term in 1981, when he wrote a letter under his given name Mark McLaughlin to the Seattle zine Desperate Times, criticizing his band Mr. Epp and the Calculations as " Pure grunge!

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.

During the February 11, 2007, episode of the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives, a Macy's ( under the fictional name McMay's ) location in the fictional city of Fairview was featured, a rare instance of product placement promoting a department store chain in a scripted series.

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.

In 2004, following a major revamp, Desperate Dan was replaced on the front cover by Jak, a character created for the cover, slightly based on an older strip with the same name, although other characters, including Dan, also made occasional cover appearances.

Wisteria Lane is the name of a fictional street at the center of U. S. television drama series Desperate Housewives.

Seinfeld, who was married to adult film star Tera Patrick, has performed with her in seven films under the stage name " Spyder Jonez ", including Reign of Tera and Teradise Island ( which he also directed ), Tera, Tera, Tera, and Desperate.

Desperate to return her mind to a human body, Zeul the gorilla abducts a comatose circus strongwoman named Olga with size changing abilities through unknown means, ( though Olga was comatose due to a mysterious shaman ) and uses the machine to successfully transfer her mind into that body and keeps the villain name " Giganta ".

Recordings include Live at the Mermaid Lounge ( 1997 ), recorded at the New Orleans music club of the same name ( which has since shut down ), and The Desperate Ones, a 1998 EP on which he sings a duet cover of Jacques Brel's song The Desperate Ones with Lydia Lunch and also includes the drum machine flavored Won ’ t Stop Loving You and an instrumental version of the title track.

The resulting Desperate Straights was released under the name " Slapp Happy / Henry Cow ".

Desperate to apprehend the spy and save the name of Skirt, Jocelyn makes it her mission.

Mortimer came up with the show's name, wanting " a really memorable title like Desperate Housewives ", Clark said in an interview, " it's rude, but in a comedy way ".

Ba5 / A ( Desperate measures now needed to save the ' pinned ' queen.

The success of these shows prompted the production of Hong Kong versions of ER ( Healing Hands ), Desperate Housewives ( La Femme Desperado ) and Sex and the City ( 20 / 30 Dictionary ).

*" The Pigeons, Mr. McKenzie " on The Hat Shoes ' Differently Desperate ( LP / CD 1992 )

On the next Slapp Happy album, Slapp Happy ( 1974 ) and the two Slapp Happy / Henry Cow collaboration albums, Desperate Straights ( 1974 ) and In Praise of Learning ( 1975 ), she was credited as " Dagmar ".

In 1723 / 1724 an approximately 20-year-old-man from New England, Philip Ashton, managed to survive as a castaway on the island for sixteen months until he was rescued ( see Edward E. Leslie, Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, 1988, pp. 100 – 120 ).

* American TV Shows: Desperate Housewives ; NCIS ( NCIS: enquêtes spéciales ) ; NCIS: Los Angeles ; Lie to Me ; Prison Break ; Medium ( Médium ) ; My Name Is Earl ( Earl ) ; NUMB3RS ; Bones ; Scrubs ; The Unit ( The Unit: commando d ' élite ) ; Stargate Atlantis ; Nip / Tuck ; Californication ; Kyle XY ; Everybody Hates Chris ( Tout le monde déteste Chris ) ; Supernatural and Smallville.

# " Desperate People " ( Calhoun / Glover / Reid / Skillings )

# " Desperate People " ( Reid / Calhoun / Glover / Skillings )

* Vanessa L. Williams ( born 1963 ), American R & B / pop singer and actress, Miss America, actress on Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives

His Fox / NASCAR campaign won a 2004 Clio for visual effects and most recently the seventh season promo of long running ABC show Desperate Housewives.

The scheduling shift for the fourth season was prompted by displacement of the series from its previous time slot ( Sundays 9: 00 p. m. ET / 8: 00 p. m. CT ), due to the success of Alias fall replacement — season one of Desperate Housewives.

Lohner produced rap rock band Hollywood Undead's CD / DVD, Desperate Measures, release on November 10, 2009.

* Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes by TV on the Radio ( 2004, Touch and Go / 4AD )

Slapp Happy / Henry Cow album cover: Desperate Straights

* Thompson, Hunter S. Proud Highway, The: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman ( Fear and Loathing Letters / Hunter S. Thompson, Vol.

* A Desperate Cry for Help-CD ( UK )-October 31, 2005-Snapper Music / Shoeshine Records

* No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle-Matt Helms / Mimmy

* Desperate Straights ( 1975, LP, Virgin Records ) as Slapp Happy / Henry Cow

* No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle-Million Gunman / Captain Vladimir / Narrator