An announcement over the weekend that Chinese pension funds would invest 30% of their capital in the domestic equity markets failed to prevent the rout, revealing to some analysts the government's complete desperation.
"This plan is seen as complete desperation by the rail authority," said Elizabeth Alexis, a co-founder of a watchdog group in the Bay Area critical of the authority.
Brendan Rodgers in utter desperation.
I've read more books than I care to share, listened to more podcasts than I feel comfortable admitting and have even turned to movies in times of complete and utter desperation to understand the whole concept, which truly is foreign to me.
The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheik Mohamud, called the attack "nothing but a sign of desperation by the terrorists, who've lost all their strongholds and are in complete decline, right across Somalia".
But the game ended at the Buffalo 37 with Flutie failing to complete two desperation passes into the end zone in the final 11 seconds.
They couldn't punt or kick field goals, until late in the game when, in desperation, they brought out tight end Trey Burton, who was able to complete an ugly, awkward snap on a go-ahead field goal.
In their desperation, some practiced cannibalism.
In my desperation I pleaded on Facebook.
