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Their linguistic contortions turn into bodily contortions as they literally tie themselves in knots, their desperation for attention doing battle with their determination to say nothing worthy of it.
The 39-year-old diva thus recovers from an early-'90s "creative nadir"-- Erotica and Sex --that "reeked of heat-seeking desperation" (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). (Audio clips are available here.)
). VandeHei's thesis is that these are such "desperate times" for House Republicans that they are sifting through the dregs, dragging in "desperation candidates" from the ranks of celebrities.
What comes through repeatedly is not just grievance but also the pride, vulnerability, and sometimes desperation of people who see their lives and daily predicaments as having been shaped by a cataclysm that occurred more than 130 years ago.
Researchers sometimes prey on patient desperation and fail to obtain informed consent.