Walter records that after the fall of Moscow and the subsequent retreat, the French commanders became more brutal to the men ; he says that even in retreat the commanders would inspect the men's weapons, and men who had rust on their weapons were beaten with clubs " until they were near desperation.

Fans connected with Jon's " loneliness and desperation " and found his " crazy antics " humorous ; Jim Davis himself called Walsh's strips an " inspired thing to do " and said that " some of strips work better the originals ".

With the repetition of responsibility to the desperation of the lower class, Plautus establishes himself firmly on the side of the average Roman citizen.

Gandalf would have ridden to their aid, but he too was suddenly required elsewhere — to save Faramir from Denethor, who sought in desperation to burn himself and his son on a funeral pyre.

Perhaps in desperation Hotspur attempted to address this imbalance with a charge aimed at killing the King himself, the Royal Standard was overthrown and Sir Walter Blount, its carrier, hacked down.

He searches for a way to save her and, in desperation, allies himself with the evil Sith.

Mantrid's head remained alive, though rapidly dying, and in desperation Viggo, ordered the drones to immediately remove the infant Insect's essence-transfer organ so that he could perform the procedure on Mantrid himself.

It turned out that all three had partially merged during the explosion when Black Swan used his powers in an act of desperation to save himself.

He frequently gets himself into near-fatal situations, and in desperation, talks his way out of them ; several times he tries to bring peace to warring families ; on many occasions, he proves useful to Xena in winning people over.

He was seen by the goddess Astronoë ( thought by many scholars to be a version of ‘ Ashtart ) who so harassed him with amorous pursuit that in desperation he castrated himself and died.

Barlach, however, created a sculpture with three German soldiers, a fresh recruit, a young officer and an old reservist, standing in a cemetery, all bearing marks of the horror, pain and desperation of the war, flanked by a mourning war widow covering her face in despair, a skeleton wearing a German army helmet, and a civilian ( the face is that of Barlach himself ) with his eyes closed and blocking his ears in terror.

In near desperation, he moves out of the family home to remove himself from temptation and attempts to keep his coworker, Kaname Chidori, from finding out the truth behind his brusqueness with Nanoka.

In desperation, Ned grabs a nearby security guard's gun and forces himself to shoot Homer ( thereby fulfilling the original prediction ); but in his death throes, Homer presses the destruct button with his tongue.

In desperation he found himself selling his paintings for extremely low prices, far beneath their known worth.

At last, in desperation, Mr. Dunworthy arranges with Badri to send himself back in time to rescue Kivrin.

Fans connected with Jon's " loneliness and desperation " and found his " crazy antics " humorous ; Jim Davis himself called Walsh's strips an " inspired thing to do " and said that " some of the strips work better than the originals ".

In desperation he sneaks into Stephen's lab and injects himself with the nanobots.

In this moment of desperation the Athalik Ghazi still bore himself like a good soldier.

In desperation Phil recruits Mike Ditka ( played by himself ), who is Buck's neighbor and hated enemy.

In desperation, Winter uses the linotype machine to change the story so that his girlfriend survives the crash ( with Mr. Smith himself the catalyst behind the steering wheel, trying to destroy Jackie as well ), but also writes it so that Mr. Smith's contract is rendered void, and he must leave.

Stallone has said in interviews that he did the film out of desperation after being bounced out of his apartment and finding himself homeless for several days, sleeping in a bus station.

Her desperation deepens when she realises that Boy intends to prove himself in war, refusing to go back down river with her.

In deep desperation due to the death of his father, he eventually kills his true love and decides to turn himself in to the law.

In a last act of desperation, a seriously wounded Hassan kills both pilots, hoping the bomb will detonate if the plane crashes.

In desperation, Dosan is alleged to have named Nobunaga as lord of Mino in his will and sent this document to Nobunaga.

This would be a low-probability desperation play if four tricks are needed in the suit, but two or three will probably be made.

Despite the desperation of her predicament, she is confident that this will be another of her happy days.

In desperation, Don Caesar pretends that he will marry and young girl and then send Olivia off to a convent unless she marries right away.

Plunging into the river in his desperation to cross, he awakes from the dream back in the " erber " and resolves to fulfill the will of God.

In later novels such as The Green Ripper and Free Fall in Crimson, there is a sense of desperation that the violence in the world is too senseless to be explained and will never end.

Carnivores, they will consume any meat and have threatened to eat the Porters and their companions on several occasions, but more out of desperation for survival than malicious intent.

In desperation, the player, a novice Enchanter with only a few weak spells in his spell book, is sent in hopes that Krill will either fail to detect him or dismiss him as harmless.

Experts are yet unsure as to what will become of Global Day when the global economy returns to normal and desperation for work decreases.

In desperation, he attempts to remove his gloves, but is stopped by Archer who reminds Phlox that the ship will need its doctor.

... Once we understand that " Kundun " will not be a drama involving a plausible human character, we are freed to see the film as it is: an act of devotion, an act even of spiritual desperation, flung into the eyes of 20th century materialism.

The reigning monarch, Wurb Flathead, has sent out a call in desperation: anyone who can save the Empire will be given half its riches!

However, in the late noble era when pessimism was popular due to the “ belief that Buddhism will decline during the latter days of this world ”, the Pure Land movements spread out in the strong admiration to the future life in desperation over the life in this world.

For it is a gamble if even the dreadnoughts which cost millions are rendered obsolescent in the shortest space of time by the invention of new types of ships, and if financially ordered States are ruined and finally driven into wars of desperation by the continued building of such giant ships ... That the fact of our building this threatening Battle Fleet will possibly or even probably lead to a decision to pursue a policy of violence.

When MegaMan's emotion points reach zero and the player Beasts Out, MegaMan will perform a desperation move called " Beast Over ".

In desperation, he wishes to be returned to his old life, throwing the vial to the floor.

In desperation, then-President Diosdado Macapagal demonetized the old silver coins and floated the currency.

* 1896 A 7 year old Charlie Chaplin spent a day playing in the park after his mother discharged the family from the Lambeth Workhouse in desperation to see her children.

In desperation, he even devised a shady scheme under which he guaranteed scholarships at his own old College, Pembroke, for a fee of twenty guineas.