Bob Herbert's question regarding the dire consequences of climate change -- "Is anyone paying attention?" -- has justifiably desperate overtones (column, Oct. 30).
Life support by physicians without preceding BCPR may cause an increase in unfavorable, and sometimes desperate, consequences.
The arrival of the Ezadeen, and the earlier rescue of another freighter, the Blue Sky M, carrying almost 800 Syrians, has dumped on Europe's doorstep, more resoundingly and awkwardly than ever before, the desperate human consequences of the Arab spring.
Her immaculate, almost surgical efficiency at describing the desperate human consequences of being in love is a startling contrast to our tendency to think about passion as something warm, comforting, generous.
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A few years back, I heard tell of a person who, desperate to avoid the consequences of some traffic violation or another, sought advice from knowledgeable intermediaries.
And, what a week it's been for our clients who feel desperate about the frustrating consequences of the state's horrendous budget situation.
True, many oysters died not from the oil directly, but rather from the consequences of a desperate attempt to counter the spill's effects.
It is such desperate, insouciant optimism about the consequences of unbundling the UK which the Alistair Darling-led Better Together campaign struggles to disabuse.
Realistically, whatever the chill consequences of the desperate turn taken by the Arab spring, it is still difficult to envisage the establishment of an Islamic caliphate stretching from Pakistan to Morocco in the next decade or so.
