He is quite open about ignoring "the structural violence bearing down on desperate people" and he is right that the individual must bear responsibility for strapping on the belt of death.
Played by Mr. Hoch, this unlikely character serves as Mr. Allen's somewhat desperate deus ex machina, bearing a pie that's half sausage and half pepperoni along with a few morsels of wisdom.
(Some of these suffer from a form of art paralysis that Stephen Nordlinger, the president of the Foundry Gallery in Washington, calls red dot syndrome — a desperate longing only for those pieces bearing the red dots that show they've been sold).
I'm going to Shake Shack, specifically the one in the new Westfield World Trade Center mall, desperate to sample a burger designed by and bearing the name of Today Show presenter Al Roker.
"Clerks" is after similar territory, but it seems desperate to be clever, with ideas from hither and yon and whatever's nearby bearing down hard on the show's setting: a New Jersey Quick Stop and its neighbor, RTV Video.
When Damien's younger brother, visibly upset and understandably desperate, presses Damien's best friend for explanations he hasn't got, are we bearing witness or shrinking down our own decency in exchange for 10 minutes of juiciness?
Bea – bearing wine and SATC DVDs – and Laura, who has just had a baby and has declared, on email, "I'm desperate for a change of scenery!" OK, first things first.
The Advertising Column in Business Day on Friday, about a promotional campaign for the ABC series "Desperate Housewives," misstated the surname of the president of Ambient Planet, a company that created dry-cleaning bags bearing ads for the series.
Beware advisers bearing gifts.
Lunchtime was bearing down.
