Even as the rest of Asia's carriers are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival, however, one airline stands out.

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They need more water than any other species in the park, and their search for it has become a desperate struggle.

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The Obama administration and the House Republicans are currently locked in a desperate struggle over an agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling.

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This is the selling point of Dead State: it is not set during the first desperate struggle to survive, but in the long, dull period when zombies have become a fact of life (or unlife).

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He was blind and trembling in the watery dark, and he began to struggle down the hall toward his outbuilding, desperate for the warmth of the red-hot stove.

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Desperate for gains in the midterm elections, the Republicans are neglecting the struggle it took to make politics safe for Reagan.

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