For if a new wrapping machine did not operate as efficiently as anticipated, or if a slogan failed to capture the imagination of shoppers, there would be no escape from shuttered houses and despair in the suburbs of nearby Verviers.

NEWYORKER: Out of the Office

As charming as Peter is, Hook will be the meat of the series, made so by Mr. Ifans's ability to convey all the passion, despair and horror of which a man may be capable.

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Much of its support seems to be drawn from a general sense of despair at the established parties.

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The hopelessness and despair that is engulfing fans of the Mets today will only be temporary.

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As for the sentiment that it is not merely the international capital market but the basic principles of capitalist economics that need to be questioned, one can only despair that the thought has even surfaced.

ECONOMIST: Heading for meltdown?

That movie is an expression of philosophical despair: the truth can never be known.

NEWYORKER: Double Dare

This dilemma has helped to fuel the recent mood of despair and yet it can be resolved.

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You will be seen as a true leader if you speak the language of hope when others see despair.

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Europe's leaders will be watching anxiously in case Italy sends a powerful message to the rest of the continent of anger and despair over recession, corruption and the high price being paid to save the single currency.

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Lei had insisted that a new life in a new country marriage, friendship, children would save her from her despair, but why would she want to be saved when her friends and their memories would become the casualties of her battle to live on?

NEWYORKER: Alone