A loyal longtime employee, Joe hopes desperately to be promoted to manager by his strict, by-the-book boss, Norm Duncan James RebhornNorm Duncan James Rebhorn
The challenge that the networks face is keeping these loyal viewers even as they desperately court Generations X and Y, who are presumed to distrust the mainstream media and to live only for streaming video of Paris Hilton's latest capers.
Gbagbo's forces, said to number around 1,000, have been desperately defending the recalcitrant former leader against forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, who won the November presidential election.
Urging reform at every opportunity, they seem like the loyal spouse of an alcoholic or drug addict, desperately pushing their beloved into rehab.
The commander of the Free Syrian Army, General Idriss, who defected from forces loyal to President Assad last year, told the BBC opposition forces desperately needed weapons and ammunition and called for the EU arms embargo to be lifted.
Perhaps this idealism was fated to clash with the hard realities of the world around him, but, Juan Martin, loyal younger brother that he is, feels that the world still desperately needs a discussion of the ideals he attributes to Che.
12/9 American B-52s bomb the al-Qaeda caves at Tora Bora, desperately trying to make headway in an increasingly difficult battle against Arab forces loyal to bin Laden.
The agreement initially aims to stop fighting between western-backed rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government, and allow aid to enter areas where it is most desperately needed.
The most glaring example transpires when Bellatrix desperately tries to warn her fellow Death Eaters not to trust Severus Snape, believing him to be loyal to Dumbledore over Voldemort.
The second act sees Bingham and Pamela Amy Hohnn), a loyal Quail Valley booster with a racy personal life — she counts Dickie among several ex-husbands — desperately trying to reunite the lovers.
