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.

Others join armed groups out of desperation or after being subjected to lies and brainwash.

The insurgent groups in Tripura were emerged in the end of the 1970s, as ethnic tensions between the Bengali immigrants and the tribal native population who were outnumbered by the former hailing from mainland India and nearby Bangladesh which resulted in their being reduced to minority status even threatening them economically, socially, culturally which thus resulted in a clarion call of safeguarding tribal rights and cultures. Such being the extent of desperation naturally resulted in hatred and suspicion and as such their status is classified as very active.

Looking to cast the lead role of a serial killer on death row, producer Herman Shumlin met with Tracy, and later recounted: " beneath the surface, here was a man of passion, violence, sensitivity and desperation: no ordinary man, and just the man for the part.

Gladiators do not seem to have made good field soldiers – their enrollment should be seen as an act of desperation.

Many of the Republican soldiers had already surrendered to Caesar in previous campaigns and had then deserted his army to rejoin Pompeius: they would fight with desperation, fearing that they would not be pardoned a second time ( indeed Caesar had executed prisoners at his last major victory, at Thapsus ).

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.

Bernal writes that their tongues and throats cracked, and of soldiers who were driven by desperation to drink sea water.

As the night passed, more and more Panyu defenders defected to Lu Bode's camp out of desperation, so that as dawn arrived most of the Nanyue soldiers were gone.

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.

In desperation, she signed over power of attorney to an accountant who disappeared with the majority of her money, leaving her with no more than $ 150, 000.

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.

Isolation plays are also common in tournaments to isolate a player who is " short stacked ", that is, one who is in imminent danger of elimination, and so is likely to be playing aggressively out of desperation.

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.

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.

In constant fear of attack from the Normans in the south of Italy, the Byzantines turned in desperation to the Normans own spiritual chief, Pope Leo IX and, according to William of Apulia, begged him " to liberate Italy that now lacks its freedom and to force that wicked people, who are pressing Apulia under their yoke, to leave.

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

Windrip is less a Nazi than a con-man-plus-Rotarian, a manipulator who knows how to appeal to people's desperation, but neither he nor his followers are in the grip of the kind of world-transforming ideology like Hitler's National Socialism.

Finally in desperation he said, " You don't seem to know who I am.

In desperation, Lambeau calls on Sean Maguire ( Robin Williams ), his estranged college roommate who also grew up in South Boston and now teaches psychology at Bunker Hill Community College.

In desperation, the singers suggested the name of their assistant Chorus Master, who knew the whole opera from memory.

Trying to postpone returning home ( where he has planned suicide ), Harry walks aimlessly around the town for most of the night, finally stopping to rest at a dance hall where he happens on a young woman, Hermine, who quickly recognizes his desperation.

Poor people, in desperation, turned to the governor, who responded by creating a little relief work — stone-breaking for US $ 0. 10 a day.

Such was the desperation for them to have Kun receive promised Soviet support that it was Kun, a captive, who dictated the terms to his captors.

Windrip is less a Nazi than a con-man-plus-Rotarian, a manipulator who knows how to appeal to people's desperation, but neither he nor his followers are in the grip of the kind of world-transforming ideology like Hitler's National Socialism.

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.

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.

Its overarching themes deal with the alienation and desperation of a broad group of odd individuals who exist at the fringes of the Hollywood movie industry.

At this moment, the battle is obviously going against the Spanish, who in desperation kept sending reinforcements.

Jay is an unbalanced day laborer who, in the depths of his anger and desperation at Bush's actions and his inability to do anything to stop them, has traveled to Washington, D. C., to kill the president.

Micheltorena arrived with the batallón fijo, a force of 300 pardoned criminals, who out of desperation at not being paid began to loot the population.

Overcome by rage, Ahasuerus leaves the room ; meanwhile Haman stays behind and begs Esther for his life, falling upon her in desperation.

The longer-term effect was to drive 80, 000 Jews to emigrate, most leaving behind all their property in their desperation to escape.

In desperation he takes some anti-depressants which " Franquin left behind ".

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.

During an NBC broadcast in 1963, Roger Staubach, then a Navy quarterback, described a pass play during his team ’ s victory over Michigan that year as a “ Hail Mary play .” He scrambled to escape a pass rush, nearly getting sacked 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage before completing a desperation pass for a one-yard gain.

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.

His fighter was damaged, and believing that both he and all of humanity were doomed, Sinclair decided to ram the nearest Minbari cruiser in an act of desperation.

With communication lines crippled, the police authorities, in desperation, sought help from the few amateur radio operators then licensed, and, although illegal at that time, the Home Office permitted the use of amateur radios to direct and co-ordinate the rescue teams.

As he recounts in the Champlin book, Frankenheimer used the production's desperation to his advantage in negotiations.

Finally in desperation he used his hands.

Compared to its use in rugby, laterals and backward passes are generally rare in North American football, due to a much greater focus on ball control in American football strategy ; it is most commonly used as a last-minute desperation strategy or as part of a trick play.

Watersports may also be used in a BDSM scene as a form of humiliation, sometimes involving desperation until incontinence or infantilization, sometimes physical humiliation associated with being urinated on or pressured to consume urine.

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.

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.

In desperation, he says to himself that he will grow old with only his right hand as lifelong companion — until one morning when he wakes to find a miniature Midori attached to where his right hand used to be.

Each character has his or her own unique set of basic moves, special attacks, and a desperation attack that can only be used when the player has low energy ( around 10 % or less ).

Biting is often used when a wrestler is " trapped ", either in a corner of the ring or in a submission hold, as a desperation move.

Due to the physical nature of the FTL system, it can ( in desperation ), be used as a weapon itself although it has as much a chance of destroying the ship that deploys it as it does an enemy vessel.

In desperation for relief, Brodie was introduced to a representative of the Church of Scientology, who — Brodie insisted at the time — used Dianetics-based techniques to completely eliminate the tendonitis by the following week.

As he recounts in the Champlin book, Frankenheimer used the production's desperation to his advantage in negotiations.

In many cases, it is used as a desperation move when all other options have been exhausted.

Although there are a number of game situations in which it may make sense for a defense to commit an isolated intentional foul, from its inception, the strategy of intentional fouling repeatedly, on each and every possession by the opposition, was used only as a desperation measure.

While the Deplorable Word was used without remorse by Jadis to obliterate her enemies in an act of pure evil, the Ritual of Desecration enacted out of utter desperation in hopes of ridding The Land of evil once and for all so that future generations could live out their lives in peace ; a purpose which ultimately failed.

Some believe that the early Dutch settlers ( circa Jan van Riebeek ’ s time ) used waterblommetjies as a vegetable ( and hence a source of vitamin C ) in desperation, since their early farming initiatives had been somewhat less than successful.

Johnny also knew Eric's wife, Peggy, who used to try and seduce him out of desperation but he turned her down.