In desperation Maggie consulted Eugenia one afternoon: `` Do you think you could find me something I could do here at home to make some money, so I could still watch the baby and do the rest of the things ''??

Having composed the Proclamation some time earlier, Lincoln had waited for a military victory to publish it to avoid it being perceived as the product of desperation.

This may be done in desperation, as during peacetime cannibalism is much less frequent ; at other times, it is consciously directed at certain groups believed to be relatively helpless, such as Congo Pygmies, even considered subhuman by some other Congolese.

With regard to a safety net, Hayek advocated " some provision for those threatened by the extremes of indigence or starvation, be it only in the interest of those who require protection against acts of desperation on the part of the needy.

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 ".

In a measure of some desperation, despite the tenuousness of his claim and despite the fact that he was French, they offered the crown of England to Prince Louis of France.

Of course, the introduction of irreducible primitives into a philosophical theory is always problematical ( some would say a sign of desperation ), and such anti-reductionist accounts are unlikely to please those who have other reasons to hold fast to the method behind JTB + G accounts.

Out of desperation Beranger wrote a letter to Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, enclosing some of his work.

" This is the desperation some parts of the world are reaching ," Vasquez said.

Fiorina fought for the merger, and it was implemented despite strong opposition from board member Walter Hewlett ( the son of company co-founder William Hewlett ) who claimed that the merger was being pursued by Fiorina in desperation to make a strategic decision and to give her some breathing space from Wall Street.

Phillip's lies about his ' primitive ' background seem most obviously an ironic response to Rigsby's racist remarks, and sometimes result in moments when Rigsby's gullibility and desperation lead to his belief in some aspect of Phillip's lore: for example, the ' love wood ' which fails to excite Miss Jones ( in the ' Charisma ' episode, first broadcast 1974 ).

Inaction by Congress, however, delayed the removal for another two years, and according to some observers, the tribe's desperation reached a level of outright starvation.

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 ".

Skipper Ponting showed some desperation when he brought Michael Hussey on with nine overs to spare, knowing that the spinners couldn't keep it tight, but got his reward in Hussey's second over when Collingwood was run out for 53-off 116 balls.

This has led to some describing the government's action as indicative of their extreme desperation.

It was the bloodiest battle of the conflict, which some historians attribute to the exhaustion, resignation and desperation of the Swedish army: it was losing the war.

* Tom Cruise, whose tour of England and desperation to try out some traditionally English experiences is ruined by his arguing bodyguard's squabbles.

and in her forthright way, Henrietta, who in her story of Sara had indicated her own unwillingness `` to think of men as the privileged '' and `` women as submissive and yielding '', felt obliged to defend vigorously any statement of hers to which Morris Jastrow took the slightest exception -- he objected to her stand on the Corbin affair, as well as on the radical reforms of Dr. Wise of Hebrew Union College -- until once, in sheer desperation, he wrote that he had given up hope they would ever agree on anything.

The reality is that Micheline Musseli Pozzo di Borgo, a French aristocrat who at 20 was France's youngest lawyer ever, brought considerable wealth to her marriage to Lerner and lost most of it through him, including nearly $ 600, 000 from the sale of her Parisian apartment, which Lerner placed in investments that either failed or were looted by him during periods of financial desperation.

The original title of the film, Fucking Åmål, refers to the girls ' feelings about their smalltown home: in a key scene one of the girls shouts in desperation " varför måste vi bo i fucking jävla kuk-Åmål " ( which roughly translates to " why do we have to live in fucking bloody cock-Åmål ").

Following the disastrous preview, Capra made extensive cuts and, on January 12, 1937, reshot scenes involving the High Lama written by Sidney Buchman, who declined screen credit for his work, which placed more emphasis on the growing desperation of the world situation at the time.

Out of desperation, she approached several loan sharks, incurring a huge debt about which Holloway knew nothing.

Traditional doom metal vocalists favor clean vocals, which are often performed with a sense of despair, desperation or pain ; imitating the high-tone wails of Ozzy Osbourne, Bobby Liebling, and Zeeb Parkes.

Roosevelt's attempts to tie Britain to concrete war aims and Churchill's desperation to bind the U. S. to the war effort helped provide motivations for the meeting which produced the Atlantic Charter.

Bamboozled has a superficial similarity to the 1976 Oscar-winning film Network which is also about the frustrated employee of a television network who in an act of desperation creates a controversial television show.

In desperation shareholders in the paper demanded that the Rheinische Zeitung tone down its aggressive political line, a move which prompted Marx to submit his resignation as editor on 17 March 1843.

However, the novel also examines the historical roots of these realities and develops profound insights into the ways in which human desperation and desire emerge from the confines of a firmly entrenched caste society.

The words, which in the musical are those of the minister Stephen Kumalo at the depth of his desperation, tell how God once " held all the stars in the palm of his hand " " and they ran through his fingers like grains of sand, and one little star fell alone.

* Redcap-murderers and cannibals, monsters, hobgoblins ; Formed from the bottomless hunger which people felt in the depth of winter and the desperation which people felt to fight their hunger.

The press sends out to the world the overt acts of wage earners driven to desperation and suppresses the recital of the crimes which engender these conditions, though they may be a matter of public knowledge and judicial inquiry.

The general's thoughts are relayed to the reader through winding sentences which convey his desperation and loneliness alongside the atrocities and ruthless behavior that keep him in power.

When the allied armies on the Western Front collapsed in the wake of the German Spring Offensive and decimated the 10th and 16th Irish divisions, the Government attempted a month later in desperation to extend conscription to Ireland, which Dillon opposed with tenacity and in protest withdrew all Irish Members from the House of Commons.

Stacking the pads is a desperation move in which the goaltender slides feet-first, with legs together ( and consequently, " stacked "), across the crease, attempting to cover as much space as possible.

This was necessary due to visitors illegally camping on private property out of desperation or camping at the ferry landing, which was also frowned upon.

On his walk with his closest disciple, he comes to the edge of a cliff, at the bottom of which is a starving tigress about to eat her newborn cubs in desperation.

When Jackie and Alan meet, Alan out of desperation ( although unwillingly ) tells Jackie of an evil cult which has kidnapped Lorelei and demands the Armour of God as ransom.

Homeless shelters are temporary residences of desperation for homeless people which seek to protect vulnerable populations from the often devastating effects of homelessness while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community.

In desperation, they employ a professional choreographer named Sparky Polastri, which was suggested by Torrance's boyfriend, Aaron.

Vargas ' most famous piece of film work was that for the 1933 film The Sin of Nora Moran, which shows a near-naked Zita Johann in a pose of desperation.

Finally, in desperation, he opened the refrigerator, filched her hand lotion, and left a note.

In desperation, he forgoes closing his $ 130 billion pharmaceutical acquisition deal to intercept Kate, who had left the message the day before.

The ship however had already left the shore and in desperation she leapt in the water.

When Eudocia's father died he left her with little means, only " one hundred gold coins " Eudocia then went to her aunt in Constantinople out of desperation, and it was decided that Eudocia would come before Pulcheria to petition for her lost fortune.

The inscription seems to parallel an episode in: Jehoram of Israel makes an alliance with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and an unnamed king of Edom ( south of Judah ) to put down his rebellious vassal Mesha ; the three kings have the best of the campaign until Mesha, in desperation, sacrifices his eldest son ; the sacrifice turns the tide, " there came great wrath against Israel ", and Mesha is apparently left victorious.

The population declined as families left the city in desperation.

Poisoning can occur where buttercups are abundant in overgrazed fields where little other edible plant growth is left, and the animals eat them out of desperation.

An onside kick from a free kick is usually a desperation technique used for a kickoff by a team trailing in the score with little time left in the game, in order to gain another possession of the ball and to hopefully allow scoring again.

However, the contrast between the grim subject matter of the song and the soft instrumental part during the verses, coupled with use of irony in the lyrics, left many listeners unaware of the song's tale of depression and desperation.

After two friends found him, he was left with no lasting damage, and said the attempt was stupid but that he had reached the stage of desperation.

Then, with 32 seconds remaining Staubach again lined up in the shotgun formation, took the snap, pump-faked left, then turned to his right and unloaded a desperation pass to Drew Pearson who was being covered by All-Pro cornerback Nate Wright.

Portugal's failure to honor its treaty took a toll on Ngola Mbandi, and in desperation, he committed suicide, leaving the country in the hands of his sister Nzinga, who was to serve as regent for his minor son, then in the protective custody of the Imbangala leader Kaza, who had left Portuguese service and joined with Ndongo.

On November 30, once again on Monday Night Football, Sharper intercepted a desperation pass from New England's Tom Brady and returned it 35 yards, which would have left him 4 yards short of the NFL record for interception return yards in a season, set by Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens in 2004, but the interception was called back due to a penalty.

Morton stated in his interview that, with an empty song portfolio at the time, he felt sufficiently challenged by Barry, whereupon he left the Brill Building and angrily drove his Buick to a Long Island beach that night, and, full of inspiration and desperation, spent the evening writing his first song while sitting in the dark in his parked car.