The reason people live in "beds in sheds", dangerous housing or shabbily converted rooms that masquerade as a studio flat, is because of desperation and the dire state of the rental market – not because it suits their lifestyle.
To save face for having gone down this path because of desperation over the economy, Khamenei is seeking to put some distance between himself and Rouhani, telling the critical faction of the Revolutionary Guard he is not very pleased with the details.
Chronic benign or malignant diseases or their treatments may cause sexual disorders in patients because of despair, desperation, guilt, and fear of death or pain.
But the companies are also acting out of desperation because many of them can command higher prices for video ads than traditional online banner ads, which are increasingly being undermined by fast-paced algorithmic buying technologies.
In the past, developers and individual homeowners were loath to auction properties because of the air of desperation associated with the process.
"I started the accountancy firm out of desperation, because I had no money, no driving licence, I was on the dole and in debt," recalls Dolan.
May acted out of desperation because Consur had worked an overlap just yards from the England line following a scything break from centre Francisco Sansot.
The Dalai Lama said Monday that a recent wave of self-immolations in southwestern China was born of desperation because Tibetans faced "cultural genocide" under Chinese rule.
But according to Japanese executives and bankers, who spoke frankly on condition that they not be named, the banks are acting not from a position of strength, but from a sense of desperation because of limited opportunities at home.
Probably the press-release writer just resorted to "dark, romantic comedy" out of desperation, because frankly, "An Unhappy Woman" is almost indescribably bizarre.
It shows how little we know about Iran that there are two opposing theories about the motive: One, that Iranians engaged in an act of desperation because they're weak.
