The provincial premiers are also keen to take advantage of Mr Martin's desperate straits.

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Many of its customers are lower income and in desperate straits, struggling to cover their living expenses.

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And not because we care so much about Jesus, but because we were desperately seeking some avenue of relief, some way of venting our collective rage at our desperate straits.

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"We are now encouraging the DTI to examine the impact that this initiative has had with a view to extending the projects to other parts of the country, so that more communities can fight back against these callous, often vicious, individuals who take advantage of people in desperate straits, " said Ron Gainsford, chief executive of TSI.

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She repeatedly broke down in tears on the witness stand Wednesday, saying she was left in desperate financial straits when her husband died in 2009.

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As it is, the North is in desperate economic straits.

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"Like a giant welfare cheat, Gorbachev is trying to muscle the Soviet Union to the head of the line for U.S. emergency assistance, pushing aside the more urgent and deserving needs of men, women, and children from some 40 less-developed countries in desperate economic straits, " said Jennifer J.

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