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Their arguments in the trial's final days are replete with desperate, belated appeals to the popular will.
On one side is Judith Widdicombe, an obstetrical nurse who volunteers at a suicide hotline and can't help noticing how many of the women calling in are pregnant--and desperate about it.
Many H-2A workers come to the United States because of desperate financial circumstances at home.
Pundits awarded victory to: 1) Gore, who started early, stayed late, and showered questioners with declarations of heartfelt warmth; 2) Bradley, whose low-key manner made Gore look desperate; 3) the Yankees, because nearly everyone watched the game instead.
No, worse than awful: desperate" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Instead of going for the tongue-in-cheek, campy horror style so popular of late, director Jan De Bont ( Speed ) relies on old-fashioned things-that-go-bump-in-the-night scares.