He was desperately in need of a transplant, and he spent much of his time in hospital.
Pfizer, the world's largest drug firm, is desperately in need of new firepower.
The Argentine Rugby Union is in protected receivership and desperately in need of funds after losing a costly court case.
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As a result, Qwest's been left on shaky ground, too weak to stand on its own and desperately in need of a partner.
In addition, the urban sprawl meant a burgeoning low income population was desperately in need of an alternative to their current, unsatisfactory, sanitation facilities.
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Richard Brook, chief executive of Mind, said centres like this could help to offer help to those who were desperately in need of it.
That a country desperately in need of any and all of the above items should ban them altogether sums up Mr Castro's Cuba nicely.
We would also squander the chance to create a model for bringing real democracy and economic opportunity to a region desperately in need of both.
Which all goes to suggest that the Islamists may indeed be intent on bringing peace and prosperity to a country desperately in need of both.
We want to make sure that poor kids can still get a checkup, that food stamps are still available for folks who are desperately in need.
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He brings a record as a turnaround whiz to Schering-Plough (nyse: SGP - news - people ), a company desperately in need of new direction.
This debate is desperately in need of modesty.
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One-third of classrooms in the state are held in portable or modular buildings, many of which are desperately in need of maintenance and energy retrofitting, and some of which are actually toxic because of the chemicals they contain.
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Ironically, Ferguson and Keynes both shared the gift of celebrity in a times when we desperately need context in troubled economic climates.
But more than that, I hope I have paved the way for other young women whose voice we desperately need in politics.
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That money is likely to be provided outside the global fund established at last year's summit, which is thought by some aid experts to be an unnecssarily bureacratic means of providing the assistance many African countries in particular desperately need.
"I think they need him desperately in one-day cricket, " he said.
"In prostate cancer we desperately need to tell the difference between cancers that kill and cancers we need to watch, " he said.
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And again, why is it that unemployment insurance, which is a good example of something that economists everywhere agree is highly beneficial to economic growth in a time like this because that assistance to people who desperately need it goes right back into the economy and results in job growth and job -- economic growth and job creation -- everybody agrees on that.
If a strong dollar is what we want, and we desperately need just that, the Treasury need only announce a dollar definition in terms of gold with the Fed's backing.
Applicants exaggerate in job interviews because they desperately need a job.
In fact, while we desperately need universal access to quality early childhood education, we also need to guarantee universal access to quality childcare at all ages.
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This is utterly absurd, and only serves to mislead the public, as well as policymakers, who desperately need accurate information about hydraulic fracturing in order to make good public policy decisions related to it.
To deride, ridicule, discourage and financially penalize those Americans fortunate enough to be making big investments is not only misplaced, but it is also harmful to the very investments in infrastructure and growth companies we desperately need for our economy to grow and create jobs.
He thinks doctors desperately need to know which drugs work best in patients at risk of suicide.
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Oil is priced in dollars, and once again Middle Eastern nations desperately need dollars.
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And we have a lot to learn from your nations in order to create the kind of sustainability in our environment that is -- we so desperately need.
We desperately need a cohesive energy policy but with new Cabinet members in positions to influence that, perhaps one will be forthcoming.
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But perhaps most worrisome, a fair amount of dump capacity is still in the hands of municipalities, and many of them desperately need the revenue they get from disposal fees.
Last month, I announced some additional targeted steps to spur private sector hiring and boost small businesses by building on the tax cuts in the Recovery Act and increasing access to the loans they desperately need to grow.
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